[HUMAN HIS ASS. Vaguely blueish, humanoid, large people kind of throw his mental gears out of whack, so forgive him if he seems REALLY startled for a moment.]

Oh, uh... er, you surprised me. Ah, yes, I am certainly enamored by, ah, science and its myriad of explanatory possibilities.

[Not the Oni. Not the Oni. NOT.]