[ What's so amusing, he would like to grumble, except he knows that the answer is that he is just as gloomy as Rezo, if not more so. Listen, the difference is... he's practically made it into an art form. Nobody is better at being gloomy than he is. He can take pride in that. It's cool, you know. Girls are into that kind of thing. Supposedly.

Questions without answers are such a bother. The sort of thing that gloomy people like himself will endlessly ruminate on when given the chance.

That's one of the benefits to hanging out with his chaotic friends. They don't give him the opportunity to brood the way he'd like to.

Speaking of Lina, Zelgadis takes the time to picture how this interaction would go down and quickly changes his tune. ]

Never mind. That would be awful.

[ As if her ego needs it! As if he needs the teasing that would ensue! ]

Don't thank her for anything, actually. Give her an inch and she'll take a mile and then some.