This is ridiculous. Magic in the sense of what he'd seen Billy do--lighting the Forest Talker on fire--is one thing, as is waking up in this place after dying to begin with; the sort of nonsense Raju is describing is another. Being stuck in an inescapable cave until they share some sort of truth about themselves is absurd, but why would Raju be lying about this?

"Truths about ourselves? In what sense?" There are so many different levels of truth, and James is not about to jump to anything particularly personal if he could possibly get away with something relatively minor. He does have various mostly low-stakes things he would prefer not to admit but which wouldn't really be distressing, and he's likely to attempt them all before even considering sharing the much more personal secret he's be guarding so long.

As he asks, he draws a little closer toward the other man, moving carefully in the dark; the glowing words aren't that bright and although James' vision is much improved recently, it's still not great in low light, especially in his bad eye. But he does notice the cloud, and realizes Raju doesn't appear to be particularly dressed for the weather, which means they do have something of a time limit beyond the one already imposed by the potential of being trapped in a cave.