[He smiles slightly at the sight of the tentacle. Is it weird that he feels a bit of kinship with other people who have them now? Maybe it was just inevitable.]

That's probably a good policy.

[He'll never complain about people not being up-to-date with his horrible alternates! He'd honestly rather no one knew who he was at all!]

It's nice that you're here together. It seems like more people have been arriving with friends or family, lately.