It takes Ardbert a long moment to realize that Regis literally means stuck together. He goes from confused to just plainly flummoxed. Gods.

"I suppose being stuck to you, he'd have no choice but to take it with the same stride as you." He feels a bit better, his smile almost reaching his eyes. "I keep on forgetting not everyone's seen the same horrors that make this weirdness seem downright trivial by comparison. There is a place for people like me here, I suppose."