[ for all his failings, kaz does try to stop. he doesn't go as far as to hold a hand to his mouth, but he does try, closing his lips for as long as he can manage before another laugh pushes through. there is a lightness to the feeling that kaz doesn't know if he has the words for, but something about the whole scenario is so...out of place. so absolutely ridiculous.

he can hear the seriousness in her tone, and for whatever reason (and for whatever lack of self preservation he has in this moment) he simply laughs again. ]

You could do that before, Wraith. And I wouldn't have heard you coming. But now you're- [ he very unattractively snorts his way through the last what was probably a word or two, before his hand goes to his side, a stitch there starting to feel painful. ]

Saints, the Witch really wanted to mess with you. Did you go out of your way to insult her?