[ Honestly, it helped a lot, and put things into perspective. He knew that Zero was their enemy, it's a fairly obvious fact. But at the same time, keeping that in mind could be hard sometimes.

He nodded, squaring his shoulders and somehow managing a half-smile. ] Yeah. It's easy to forget that, with--everything, but yeah, you're right.

[ Now that he's feeling somewhat better about life, it's time to face the music. ]

So, about the results. Am I in for good news or...or bad news? [ He did his best to not grimace at the thought of there being bad news. ]