[He sighs dramatically in agreement with the last comment, unbothered by Ian's lack of enthusiasm in regard to the rest of it; it's a little more pessimistic than Lance normally is, but he's had some really awful luck with authority figures. Still, he hopes that maybe this time will be different, even if he's prepared for it not to be.

But with that topic wound down, and the two of them having drank enough to feel it a little, Lance decides to do a little gentle prodding after all; it's not as pointed as he'd prefer to be, but the more general the better right now.]

A silver lining of being here is that we don't have to deal with that anymore, at least. But it's still a lot to adjust to, especially with having to basically start over.