"No." Swift stood and immediately regretted it, though, and sat back down before he could fall over. The floor still looked hard. He didn't want to sigh, but he did--this was still incredibly stupid, and it made him change his mind.

"Yes." He closed his eyes again and tried not to think about how awful the whole thing felt. This wasn't even life threatening and it felt terrible, he could only imagine what some other things felt like and he shuddered even thinking about it. How had humans managed to survive at all?

"I'd appreciate not falling over, if you don't mind."