"Hmm, it's a bit more complicated than that." Lee Tae-gun clearly enjoys talking shop, so they can talk shop. "When we talk about psychic dungeons, there are two separate kinds of phenomena we're referring to: dungeons whose monsters have psychic effects, and those that generate those effects themselves. They often come together, but not always, as Nightmare most famously demonstrates." Lee Tae-gun looks like the kind of person who would've looked into Nightmare in detail, and his understanding nod confirms this. "Psychic monsters are actually not always immune to the effects they themselves cause, and it's possible for me to bounce their attacks back at them in those cases. Even for the monsters that aren't straightforwardly immune to that, that's not necessarily useful, though, since they may have emotional or intellectual makeups that make them not relevantly hindered by those attacks."

"I see. And there are no direct offensive capabilities? Are your illusions fully mental, or do they also involve some matter generation?"

"No offense, and yes fully mental," he replies with some amusement in his voice. This is all a matter of public record, but the detailed interrogation might've been taken by some as threatening. Jaeha is certain Tae-gun doesn't mean it that way, and has an inkling that he might be thinking in terms of to what if any extent their abilities could complement each other and how they could work together.

He nods, humming thoughtfully.

But he's still really curious and doesn't want to just talk shop so actually, "And what does Lee Tae-gun do when he's not actively saving the world one dungeon at a time?"

...that's really weird phrasing. Isn't it? Tae-gun thinks it's weird. He guesses he doesn't know for sure, it's not his forte.

"I... practise and work out?" he tries.

"Oh? No movies or books or games, going out with friends...?"

"Oh. Those. Yeah."

"'Yeah'?"

"—I like reading books. And occasionally going places with people, like... bars and such?"

He feels like he's being made fun of.

Only a little.

"You know, you didn't strike me as the type to go to bars."

"...yeah. It's—I guess mostly because I'm dragged to them by friends."

"It doesn't seem like you hate them, though."

"...I hate the crowds. Too many people and noise. But..."

"...but...?"

"I don't know. It can be fun, a bit? With people I like?"

"It can," he agrees.

"W-well, how about you, then?" He's meant to ask these things, too, right?

"Oh, I'm way more of a homebody." Because he's boring. "And I have fewer friends than you, from the sounds of it. But I don't mind the crowds in se, except for how they make it harder to hold a conversation."

That's probably how Tae-gun would be if it weren't for him being dragged places by his partners, honestly.

"What's your work routine like?" That is also theoretically something they're meant to be checking compatibility for.

"How do you mean?"

"When do you usually prefer to wake up, how many dungeons do you do in a day, what do you like to do to prepare for them, what do you like to do for guiding afterwards..."

??????

He's certain now that Kang Jaeha is trying to imply things.

"It's important to know! We ought to know if we're compatible in ways other than just the powers but that's one of them, isn't it? If it turns out you really love watching horror movies with your partner that might be a problem, I'm terrified of them."