[Takao trying and being shitty at jokes is better than him not trying the joking thing at all? He's far less fight-able while failing to make jokes and Takao is low on her fight list, so this is good! So Clover settles, for given values of settling considering, you know, Clover. Maybe if she freaks out less so will he!! She's helping.]

Yeah, well. [This boy is too goddamn normal for all this shit.] The trick is learning not to let anything surprise you anymore. [OPTIMISTIC AND HELPFUL] There's always something else going on, dude. Sometimes it's secret revival magic plots.

[ADULT LIFE IS ALREADY SO GODDAMN WEIRD]