[He raises his eyebrows slightly at the response, but isn't actually offended as he responds lightly--]
I like to think my jokes are at least moderately more funny than making up an empathy bond.
[He likes to think that. He'd be wrong, but still.]
But no, I'm not joking. It's a really useful power in some respects, but really inconvenient in others; there are some Displaced who wear gloves to try to avoid it, even in this heat, since it has to be skin to skin contact.
[Lance is wearing long sleeves himself, though they're rolled up part of the way at the moment and not only about avoiding the empathy bond, but that's still definitely part of it.]
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I like to think my jokes are at least moderately more funny than making up an empathy bond.
[He likes to think that. He'd be wrong, but still.]
But no, I'm not joking. It's a really useful power in some respects, but really inconvenient in others; there are some Displaced who wear gloves to try to avoid it, even in this heat, since it has to be skin to skin contact.
[Lance is wearing long sleeves himself, though they're rolled up part of the way at the moment and not only about avoiding the empathy bond, but that's still definitely part of it.]