[ daylight's expression shifts to a worried one when he learns these strange lantern changes are here to stay. not permanent, to his relief, but... just there from now on, to his concern because his run-in with others affected by them have been pretty. er. weird. (and scary. not that he'll admit to that yet.)

he takes a sip of his tea to try and get his thoughts together at that bit of information, able to drink the beverage without too much fear of his filters getting gunked up. in the end, after trying to rack his brain for a polite and measured response, daylight simply ends up just blurting out what immediately pops into his processors: ] -I hope you've been okay.

I- I'm sure the others have been, er, here a lot. [ one reason or another.

and, upon suddenly remembering his manners and not wanting to lose the chance, daylight sets the cup down and rifles through his messenger bag and delicately takes out an item he sets on the table and carefully pushes it to dr. solis' end. ]

A gift. To, um, thank you for seeing us and, er, stuff. [ he looks embarrassed now, realising it must look silly, but he's standing by the gift's intentions! and with that down, he quickly looks to sir cao pi, hoping for some support and assurance, before looking back towards dr. solis. ] We... Um... We have a lot of questions to ask, Dr. Solis. Not just me and Sir Cao Pi but almost everyone. I'm sure you know that by now.