He's quiet while he thinks, tapping his fingers against the side of his own tea cup. "I guess I do. What's the point in being part of something you can't interact with? Or being around people that don't know you exist? Kind of fuckin' depressing, isn't it?"

He wouldn't have thought he'd given a shit before this, but now he realizes that, yes, he does prefer the physical world and all the boundaries and hardships that entails. So he did learn something after all. Something weird, but still something. Score one for Lan.