[Unseen, Luvander winces. Well, that had been uncommonly careless of him. Not that there was any danger involved in letting things slip anymore, he reminds himself, but that doesn't completely take the fear away. Old habits and all that.

He forces the words out nonetheless, his voice painstakingly casual and just a bit too bright.]

Yes, I don't imagine that the former will ever be much of a problem for me. But point taken, even I will bow to the necessity of hygiene, if only for the principle of the thing.