[Lance rarely finds himself at a loss for what to say, but he does for several seconds at that; no only can he not find words, but he can't even sort out exactly how he feels. It's not exactly the hazy mental shock he's more familiar with, but like everything he feels has gone so intense that it's circled back around to zero.]

So if someone's useful enough it doesn't matter what else they do. Right. Great priorities, especially for someone claiming to be concerned with the well-being of people here; is there anything you wouldn't be willing to ignore if you thought it might benefit you?

[His fingers are trembling slightly against the sides of his glass, but he doesn't notice.]