Gnk! [Ed narrowly avoids tripping over himself as he stops short.

After a moment, though, his surprise settles into something closer to exasperation. He frowns.]

Okay, let me guess. This is the point where I ask you if you're for real, and you say yes, but you'd say that anyway, as if I didn't have enough of a freakin' headache yet... [His eyes narrow.] So how about we skip to the part where you tell me exactly what a really messed-up looking chimera is doing in a place like this?