I'm glad I could serve as your entertainment, I suppose. [ The excessive cheerfulness is still freakish, but he'll take "freakishly cheerful" over "freakishly attempting to kill him" any day. ]

Desert Bluffs? [ He tilts his head, eyes fading to their normal blue. ] I can't say I've heard of you. You wouldn't happen to be based in California? [ Though even if he is, it won't make Valmont any more likely to have heard of him. He doesn't listen to a lot of radio. ]