[Lance doesn't respond immediately, considering how he wants to answer. There are a few things he could say, and a few ways to lead the topic where he wants it to go, he just has to decide which is going to get him what he wants without everything going off the rails.]

I'm trying to get a sense of where all the chips are falling.

[He takes another sip of his drink, but watches her over the rim of it.]

Considering you're the leader--or a leader--of the Guard, that makes your chip an important one to factor in.