"Short a ... ah. The boy lost his legs then?" Raimut says and smirks. "How typical."

He turns back to the bulletin board, intent on ignoring Bertie. However, when the missives fail to engage him a second time, he turns around again and says, carelessly, "I am Raimut Hellewege. I'm sure you've heard of me, from Zimin if from no one else. I have to caution you, the boy is prone to hysteria so ... not everything you may have heard is true."

He smiles. There is absolutely no humour in it.