"I'm a little late for no-shave November, don'tcha think? But hey, if I ever do decide to go for it, you'll be the first to know."

He's going to have to get used to not making death jokes. It'd be so much easier if most of the people he spent time with weren't technically dead, but, well, that's life. He gives her what's supposed to be a sympathetic wince, though admittedly 'sympathetic' isn't an expression he's had a lot of practice with.

"Yeah, well... second time lucky? Just got to be even less good this time."

Oh, wait. That's probably not helping.

"Or not. It's how I live anyway, and hey, look how I turned out. Don't you wanna be this awesome, kid?"