"I will! I will," he promises swiftly. "I want to go, I was only -- "

Unsuccessfully, he smothers a laugh.

"You asked me when I was distracted, Lan Zhan, before I'd said anything to you, and you looked so excited when you said you'd meet this Vanyel. I was jealous! I thought I'd missed my chance to say anything at all!"

Which was clearly, absurdly the wrong thing to think, and he is struck so hard by the humor that he starts giggling all over again.