[Oh. There's a guy with awesome hair in the screen. He manages to muster up some of his spirited facade after a moment of stunned silence.]
Heeeeyyy, no hating on the black coat, dude. It's sorta part of my job description, y'know?

Tympole? [He pauses, angling the Xtransceiver to show the Tympole again.] Is that what this thing's called? Huh... Yeah, thought I heard it say somethin' like that a few times... [Though it was usually in snippets, like "Tyyyyyyym".]

Uh... Yeah, well... Heh... I'm sort of, uh... not supposed to be... here, y'know? Like, at all.