Alluring alliteration? That sounds literate, which he can't say for most people he seems to meet. Was this guy - Gregory Deegan - capable of learning but lacking in common sense? It's a shame those two seemed to always occur separately, exclusive to each.

While Nezumi does smile, it's not exactly friendly. He studies his hand, but doesn't extend his own.

"I can't say for sure what that hand can do, so I'll pass, if it's the same to you." This was a place for mutants, after all. "I'm Nezumi. I'd ask for applause, but you'd only fall again."