[ well — yes. but also? yes. in this case, lance would be the living embodiment of that "why not both?" meme. ]

I dunno, I mean... I know I'd definitely love it if someone wouldn't hesitate to tell me how great I was.

[ his true true goal, clair? is just to be liked. in any capacity. but that doesn't mean he isn't still a hot-blooded young man, hoping that "like" could maybe even turn into "like like." ]

And if they do it in like a real smooth, suave way like, like "Oh, you must be tired."

From what?

"From running around my dreams all night." and they wink and stuff? Oh man. How great would that be?

[ why yes he did just pitch his voice for that little display. someone give him an oscar from being able to easily switch from bond to bond girl. but anyway it's becoming strikingly obvious his frame of reference for anything here is omppetelt fictional. clair might not have action adventure movies in her time, but surely even medieval times have their share of james bond and bruce willis types. ]