[Keith frowns now.]

I... really don't know how to react. [And these days he's less prone to outbursts, since his two years of forced zen on the space whale. The extended spiritual retreat he never, ever asked for.] I've never thought of Lance like that. We're... friends. Maybe? I don't know. He might argue about that, depending on his mood.

[He can't figure it out.] Anyway, he's not the one I-- [Wait, no. This way lies danger so he'll just trail off into an awkward shrug.]