I do practice, actually. When I was a kid, I used to write jokes down that I thought were funny, and then I'd practice them so I could tell them really good later. A sense of humor's like muscle, you can build it if you keep practicing.

[ It's all well and good to talk about jokes, but when Kaworu says he never expected to still be... Well, that strikes a nerve, one Gideon didn't even was vulnerable.

Softer: ] Yeah. Me neither.

[ but that's depressing as hell, so she follows it up with: ]

You wanna hear another joke?