[It's fortunate that he's outside and therefore Harlan can't see how Lance jumps in surprise at the mental communication, and then is torn between embarrassed and amused by his own reaction. But it does take him a moment to actually open the door and enter, so it might be apparent something distracted him.

Also wow, that smells really good, even if it means Harlan wasn't exactly accurate in his description of the situation. He so doesn't care right now, offering a small smile and a wave, then rolls his eyes a little in good humor at the comment.]

People keep using crashing plane metaphors in talking to me about taking my break, so I'm getting that impression, yeah.

[Does he really look that terrible?

...Probably.]