"You might, and I definitely won't take one." He does take a seat, though, lounging as expansively as the chair allows. The Manics, meanwhile, seem less responsive to the concept of furniture. One crouches on the floor next to Tyl, the other follows their lead and ducks--but keeps pacing on hands and small, inhuman feet, examining the desk.

"Information you have that I want? That's hard to believe. You do still know we're on Earth, right? The aggressively boring Earth?"