[Lance hears her approaching, glancing over at her as she steps up beside him and links their arms, and offers a small smile and playful tug on her arm.]

I'll forgive you. This isn't so bad anyway; all the options kind of sucked, so let's just blame the gods for only giving us bad choices.

[He's quiet a moment before continuing.]

It's kind of cool, even if it's also really inconvenient.