Jake barks a small laugh at that, but its entirely humorless. He takes a moment to rub his face with his hands, trying to compose himself again. Way to look uncool in front of Dirk.

"Yeah," was about all he could manage. He suddenly didn't trust his voice.

He slid on his upgrades to sort of give himself something else to do and think about. An archer and a bunch of hearts. Huh. He had no idea what any of that meant. Oh well.