Dawnveil and its gameplay elements.

No one said it won't come. They just said they won't take hints seriously. More of an "I'll believe it when I see it" approach.

Skepticism isn't terribly different from denial. If anything he "saw it" in the quest dialogue, so he doesn't have much reason to be either of those things. We'll probably see the heaven empire in u&i, or some time after that.