[ Gustave lifts his eyebrows, glances down at himself, grimy and blood-stained and exhausted. He's a mess. ]

Between the two of us, I think you've got all the good looks just now.

[ Amused, just going with what he's certain is just Verso teasing, giving him some light-hearted jokes so he doesn't think too much about his battered body, about what happened right before he came here.

(Maelle, is Maelle all right, what happened, did Lune and Sciel and Esquie get her free, is she safe?)

He takes a shuddering breath, lets it out as slowly as he can. ]

I'm looking forward to it.

[ His brow rucks up, he shakes his head, snorting a soft breath out of his nose, more to himself than to Verso as they shuffle onward. ]

Expedition Zero. Really?