[ It isn't really funny, but Lacus has to smile anyway. Their interactions are a miracle of circumstances or, more accurately, a cosmic joke. ]

Of course.

[ She's taking a gamble on her judgement of his character, but she wouldn't gamble on something she thinks she can't win. ]

And if the time does come for us to become proper "enemies", I won't expect mercy nor give it. Those are acceptable terms, right?