But you're a war chief. [Because apparently that's important here.] You'd think everybody would actually shut up and listen instead of talking over each other.

[A hand comes up to rub the back of his neck instead.] I'm getting better, but there are some people that're still a challenge. [Like Jason. There's a heavy sigh then.] Speaking of challenges...guess I should go try to convince Jason that I'm not going to disappear into the void if I leave the premises for the day. Wish me luck?

[Sadly, unbeknownst to either of them then the silver sickness will hit and all sorts of terrible things will go wrong, but it's nice to pretend that isn't the case just yet.]