In a way, that gives me mixed feelings. But I don't feel anjoy joy from it.

[ He certainly notices that he keeps fidgeting and wonders what that happens to be about. Well, a strange man did come to sit down at his table and talk about quite a variety of things. ]

Anyway, you're very sharp and very good at seeing through the masks that people wear. The way to know people is to observe them, and interact with them. To find and care about them in some small, meaningless way. In doing so, you'll come to know them and be able to write a great variety of stories.

[ A chuckle. ] And find in them, yourself.