Believe me, if I knew, I would tell you; there are plenty of people here who know you, however. Most are likely from either a different world entirely or a different point in time from you; there's not much sense in questioning a lot of things that happen around here.

As for you and I...well. We were coworkers, I suppose. We didn't part on good terms.

[...he says, smiling, as though this is no problem at all.]