[A brief glance down at his arm tells Nate that he’ll be finished in no time, and can therefore avoid serious personal discussion, but he’s actually kind of enjoying this. A give-and-take isn’t nearly as bad as someone asking you to lie back on a couch and tell them about your childhood. At least Lance can hold a decent conversation.]

Could be worse. You could not know any Spanish and still try to speak it as if you did.

[He flashes a quick grin.]

I don’t get to use it as much anymore – being multilingual kinda went with the territory in my old job.