Truly, prickly, this one! Absurdity means he wants to smile in spite of himself, breathing out in a huff of amusement that remembers Lan Zhan, years ago, acting similarly. He wonders if it is for any shared reasons or not, but it's easy enough for now to turn away from irrelevant thoughts.

"I'll head back to the tower. Corral the twice living, and with their... handling, one way or another, can assist with the dragon. At present I'm not fit for handling noble company."

A gesture to his drying but still pitiful single layer, and the wrappings underneath.