He's a cheery, twitchy sort with an alarming stare but a ready smile. You barely manage to get him seated before he starts. He's supposed to be asking you your opinions, but he seems more interested in explicating his own.

'Of course, of course. But tell me, have you read Finnegan's treatise on the Channels of the Soul? Nonsense, most of it, but it did raise some interesting points...' This fellow's quite a find. You learn a surprising amount while your tea grows cold.