[Ebalon notes the flamethrower but makes no move to either stay clear or shield himself yet. No, he's being friendly! Natsuno, you're interesting. A fun little science experiment. Would Natsuno start to mutate a little bit if Ebalon used the Seed of Life on him? Would his regeneration stop the mutation? Hmm...]

I'm certainly not making fun of you. You don't have to believe in me being friendly, but were I to make fun of you, I would try a lot harder than that.

[He'd say something like "the moon's lovely tonight, isn't it?" instead.]