[He's totally not gonna psychoanalyze why the goblin cave's got doors, either. And Rio. Pet from home, but -- is she still around? He hopes so. Sucks to have emotional baggage cling to your domain. Ask how he knows.]

Nah. Didn't think so. She's too cute to.

[Viktor may live to be the only person alive to hear Nero call anything cute. Rio might be hiding, but he has this burning itch to, like, pet her. Her head, maybe. Look, the only lizards he's seen wanted to kill him.

He walks through, fingers sliding over the door, but he doesn't push it open.] Really? Free reign, huh. Pretty generous, thanks. [But now he's been invited, it feels kinda weird. Like he is gonna stumble into something he'll regret.] So, you, uh, been here long?

[Oh, this is going great.] I mean, not in the grand scheme of things, but, like. The whole kidnappin' thing.