( The laugh earns him a wry look, and it helps bleed some of the tension out that he didn't even realize he had. Look at that, both of them got something out of this conversation today. What are the odds Lance will be satisfied with that?
Virtually non-existent, he knows, and so takes the opportunity to put a nice dent into his drink while Lance is gone.
He also spends that time trying to run through a few conversations in his head, trying to play them out so he knows which conversational path will be the easiest.
This opening question isn't a bad start, and he can answer it fairly quickly. )
Being on an alien planet full of unknown threats with no real infrastructure and extremely wary locals.
( Rolled out lightly, and with some faint humor behind it.
Just, you know, regular every day problems.
Very obvious and actually honest problems, but it's easy to make light of them. )
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Virtually non-existent, he knows, and so takes the opportunity to put a nice dent into his drink while Lance is gone.
He also spends that time trying to run through a few conversations in his head, trying to play them out so he knows which conversational path will be the easiest.
This opening question isn't a bad start, and he can answer it fairly quickly. )
Being on an alien planet full of unknown threats with no real infrastructure and extremely wary locals.
( Rolled out lightly, and with some faint humor behind it.
Just, you know, regular every day problems.
Very obvious and actually honest problems, but it's easy to make light of them. )