[This isn't anywhere near as awkward as it could be, and so Lance is relaxing a little as the conversation goes on and manages a small smile.]

Thanks. And it means my girlfriend calls me Lancelot, which I can't exactly complain about.

[He nods in understanding at the rest of what Harlan says and it makes sense, especially presuming Harlan was originally named by his mother.]

You chose a pretty great name; nice alliteration, too. Did you just come up with it out of nowhere, or...?