Zero makes a faint, strangled noise that sounds suspiciously like a poorly suppressed laugh. Tim's too busy staring at Omit with a steadily darkening frown to glare at her, though he feels like he would.

"I'm fine," he says slowly, then transfers his skeptical look to Jay. "So this is your inner 'you' or something." A corner of his mouth twitches. "Can't say I'm surprised."