[Lance eyes Ruddiger as he stomps off and then his brows go up and his mouth opens slightly in 'wtf' as it opens the door like a person and slams it behind him. He points wordlessly to where the raccoon disappeared, raising a brow.]

Does he always do that? [Of course, he realizes that there's weird animal stuff in Varian's world by now. And he's met all sorts of aliens and alien animals, so a raccoon throwing a tantrum like a person isn't that shocking. But still, he's gotta ask because it's not exactly normal either.

Then he nods, smiling slightly in agreement about he was lucky to have someone to help him. But he doesn't say anything more about it since it's hard to talk about his family and all that for too long. Largely, he brought it up as a way to just get conversation going and get around to helping Varian feel at ease opening up.]

That makes sense, you wanted to feel close to her. [It's not unlike someone else he knows with a Galra blade his mom left him. Then he grins slightly, teasingly.] Oh, and what could your Dad have possibly hated about it? Let me guess, it was all the explosions.