[Lucy would be skeptical of this self-professed bad luck, but in the time she's been here she's seen magic based on emotions, giant robots, and all kinds of things that she wouldn't have believed in on Earth. She knows better questions to ask, now.]

Oh. Well, you can certainly listen over the crystal network.

Forgive me for asking if this is too personal - it is bad luck, or chaos, that happens around you?

[Those are the two most likely options. And it's clear from what he's said that whatever it is, it's not under his control.]