"No, but it makes it funnier.... There's even stars." It's his turn to stare at that 'armor' -- which will very quickly turn into something he thinks of as a uniform - instead of looking at Zerxus.

He sounds somewhat distant when he says it; stuck in his head, not wholly present.

He blinks a couple of times, shakes his head and makes an effort to get his eyes back on Zerxus and to be looking at him when he does. It mostly works?

"Yeah, I know. I get the concept of playing a role." Really well. He sucks at it. The stakes here are higher. The person he's playing it for is usually an organization and pulling the strings not this... intermediary thing where it's a person and someone he likes and wants to help. "I also get that we're gonna be controlling each other and that's the point. It's okay."

He's nauseated.