( "How would they know to ask?" is a fair question he'd not considered, largely out of lack of consideration - a total lack of care - for other people. He will accept that suggestion for the moment, and consider Michel's follow-up. The illusion of him, huh. How can they know him when he doesn't even know himself?

The question, though, gives him pause, and he combs back over what he said earlier... Hm, he guesses that was more obvious to him because he knows the context of his speech, than Michel, who doesn't know this of him. )

... The man who got me into that "business." I intend to repay him. It'll probably kill me in the process. That's what I meant by "disappear." That answers most of what you'd hypothetically want to know, doesn't it?