[ sorry for the lack of sweet loot. it's mostly just a large group of confused people in various states of injury. ]

Well, good, 'cause—

[ and then he turns around and sees the man speaking to him. some kind of unintelligible surprised noise escapes him, and he stumbles back a little. fortunately, it only takes a second or two for him to discern that this mysterious masked man is not here to kill him, so he regains his composure pretty quickly.

...still, this guy has a certain look about him. he clears his throat. ]

—Oh, uh, 'cause I was gonna—hey, where are you from? If you don't mind me asking... immediately after meeting you. It's just, you look... like you're not from around here, either.

[ he's fantastic at first impressions. ]