[Well, now, isn't she something? He smiles right back, and while his eyes have been called The Devil's Own before, they glitter amicably.]

Sounds like life, cher, sho 'nuff. The lean times and otherwise. [He chuckles, shaking his head.] I'm from Louisiana, French colony in the new world, and we got our own way of speakin', oui, but I speak French too. Who do I have the pleasure of speakin' with?