[ his brows arch a bit when mako gets up, not quite following what he's talking about? but then he gets the water jug, and there's a pang of oh god okay get ready to use your power before mako continues and lance...just sort of exhales, relaxing. ]

Oh. [ he blinks, and then slowly breaks into a smile. ] Actually, yeah, that makes sense. [ because while he doesn't necessarily want to think about all the things he's had to go through over the last however many months, he likes the word adaptable. could get behind it.

he nods - once - more to himself than anything. ] You're probably right, which means you definitely should show me what you can do before it disappears again. But. After. [ he's going to look down at his now empty dish and back to mako, his smile turning into more of a grin. ] You have...more of this, right?