"No, it's really not," he answers, brusque and clearly annoyed, whether it's at the situation or the answer is hard to tell.

"Unusually well?" He's made it to the tea service now, and he sets about preparing a cup the way he's watched Jedao do it so many times. It's something to do with his hands while he adjusts and thinks. "Do they make a habit of shrinking people with medical procedures where you're from?" It hasn't yet occurred to him that Jedao might mean the process of becoming his anchor.