[ Uncontrollably high-pitched maniacal laughter evens out as Nikolai manages to catch his breath with minimal hyperventilating included. In that brief moment of reprieve he wipes at a tear of mirth that's managed to escape.

But then again Gogol's doomed the moment he hears his far more stoic friend break into laughter as well. and then he sees the sparkles. Gogol wheezes into another bout of laughter. Being in misery is not far off if this keeps up since his abdominal muscles are threatening to cramp from the laughter.

Still he manages enough strength to weakly paw at Fyodor's cheek before pointing in the direction of the glow. ]

^{I've never seen you so incandescent! I'm really touched that the thought of you putting me out of my misery delights you so much that you're glo}w_ing!