[By "scary" surely you mean the most sublimely beautiful and most lovable person (yes, Lion is a person...) on the entire peninsula. /end Sebastian's fanboying]
[Heh.]
That, too, seems a common way to approach the issue. [Such a healthy approach. Not that it's Sebastian's place to comment. Not that he particularly cares to, anyway, although the way he specifically doesn't approve or disapprove possibly hints at what he thinks of this tactic.]
Today's gathering should provide ample opportunity, at least. [To smile and play games and entertain others and pretend things are fine, he means. Yay?]