[He looks down to consider his own his own outfit, then looks back up and offers the other man a shrug.]

Yeah... this is how I dress, but---Look: that's not important.

[Sure, maybe he had a point. Maybe skulking around in a cloak is just as plausible as skulking around in a labcoat. The only difference is that one looks stupid.]

I mean, wh---what do you want to know? Because so far, all I can tell you about this place is that it blows.