[The leading but is just enough to confirm Nate's suspicions that Lance is equally unsettled. Telepathy is a great idea, sure. But it isn't fair to the rest of them - it's asking too much for them to trust - when it's one person who no one really knows.]

Yeah, I'm not inclined to trust anyone who can dig around in my mind without my permission.

[Something Lance is aware of already, given how long it took for both of them to start opening up with each other. Nate chews on the silence for a moment.]

Sorry for almost- [He grimaces, knowing how quickly his temper was starting to flare in there.] You know.