[He manages not to bark a laugh, but only just barely.]

Perhaps.

[Dan Heng does seem to understand what's in his head at any given moment, at least lately.

... Is he opening up? Blade actually looks over.]

If anyone tried to stop me, I was going to tell them it was for a history project. [bruh] Besides, it's Halloween season. No one is going to look twice at an escaped con guest.

[BLADE PLEASE STOP BEING SELF AWARE

also there's a pause, and then--]

You think it's flattering?

[BLADE]