Pretty good! Still working on our teamwork, but we're gonna shoot for victory!

[That always gets him to smile, so there's that. He grins and warms his hands around the tea, taking a breath before he continues.]

Well...a lot of my friends have been disappearing lately. I don't do too well with quiet, so I've been trying to make new ones, but I'm pretty sure I screwed up the whole first impression thing. They think I'm a total airhead!

[Which has some truth to it, but.]