[ Oh, it des. and he was going to give the guy time to answer, but now he's gotten a little splutter of a follow up - the chance sings in his head and even if he doesn't know the older(?) undead man well, he does know a good spot to make this more theatrical. And so he allowed for about five seconds before he followed up, ]

Oh, oh, oh!! So it's one of those secret, alluring things which makes even a heart which isn't there swell to three times the size! The sort of where toes are intertwined even?! You'd think we'd just hit excitement, but I think we hit honest to goodness scandal, folks!