JAME: MR. DAEDALUS!
JAME: SO SORRY TO DISTURB YOU SIR
JAME: ...
HE COUGHS.
JAME: RIGHT UH
JAME: I KNOW HOW THIS LOOKS
JAME: AND I CAN SEE HOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE MY FAULT
JAME: BUT IT'S REALLY SIMPLE ACTUALLY
JAME: ...
MAJE: (DON'T LOOK AT ME.)
JAME: THERE WERE
JAME: SOME GUYS
JAME: BAD GUYS CAME IN AND UM
JAME: WRECKED THE PLACE.
JAME: YEAH.
THESE GUYS, MR. DAEDALUS INQUIRES, DIDN'T HAPPEN TO BE WEARING STRANGE HEADGEAR. YOU NOD, AND SIGH IN RELIEF. MR. DAEDALUS SHAKES HIS FIST AND MUTTERS TO HIMSELF. SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING LEFT A LONG TIME AGO. AFTER A BEAT, HE RUBS HIS EYES AND LOOKS AT YOU. NO, HE LOOKS *THROUGH* YOU. IT'S LIKE HE CAN SEE SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE CAN. HE GETS LIKE THIS SOMETIMES, IT'S ONE OF HIS CLASSIC "BOSS QUIRKS".
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