"Good lad," Roy says to Pascal, sometimes still unable to believe he's talking to a bloody lizard. But whether he wants to believe it or not, it's happening, so he figures he ought to at least be respectful.

"You feel like going out?" he asks. "We could sit on a patio somewhere, get a drink. Might be good to get out in the fresh air and sunshine."

It sounds like a stupid fucking thing Ted would say, which probably makes it the right thing to say.