[Isn't it great that all these new people in town don't know about that pesky attempted kidnapping. Makes impressing people do much easier.]

Ask anyone, kid, I'm not big on compliments. I only say stuff if I know it's true.

[There's a bench near by and Varrick throws himself onto it with more twitching on long limbs. It seems unlikely he'll stay sitting down for long, he's got too much energy for that.]

It may shock you to know it, but I wasn't always the fabulously wealthy and successful individual you see before you today. And I didn't have anyone jumping in to give me a swanky job. You got the chops to get to the same place, kid, but you gotta be ruthless about it.