At least he was right about it not being deliberate. It would be nice to have known in advance what classes as some kind of warning sign about the Shade Lord's general state of health, but he doubts any of that would come naturally to anyone, much less him.

Apparently it doesn't come naturally to the Knight, either.

"Ah. Stumbling across you like that was -" alarming? concerning? "- a surprise." Lemm leans back in his seat a little, thinking for a moment. "So was meeting Greenhorn, though I've no regrets about that."

Any other would probably preface this next part with a forgive me for pointing this out, but this is Lemm, so:

"A lot of what I've seen of your - other look hasn't seemed all that calculated."