[Although Lance's shoes do often get commented on and so that in itself isn't totally unexpected, the specific question catches him off guard enough that he actually takes a brief glance to make sure that, no, his sneakers are not on fire. Right. As if he wouldn't have felt that.

Moving on--]

No, they're just LEDs--um, small light bulbs, basically.

[He realized halfway through that sentence that if Mako's asking if they're on fire, then he probably isn't familiar with LEDs specifically. But he's probably gotten used to light bulbs being in the safehouse, even if there weren't any in his world. Hopefully.]

They're pressure activated, so they go off if I step or put more weight on one foot.