I know what an Alchemist is, but they're not usually so important as all that. That sounds fancy. [Alchemists are just... scientists, effectively, in Exandria.] I've got a friend who's a bit of one.

[He giggles, indulgently.] Oh you're bloody approachable, that's for sure. I wouldn't be chatting with you like this if you weren't. I've seen you make announcements like this a few times now, though, and that's a huge tell. There's two types of people who are good at herding arseholes- the kind like you are and the kind like I am. And if I were making these announcements, it would just be a lot of [he forms a cone with his hands around his mouth:] "OI FUCKERS, SOUND OFF. If you're still here, speak up or be counted among the lost."