The Professor raises their absence of eyebrows, surprised. "You know-?"

The revelation gets suddenly interrupted by a blaze of Cosmogone followed by a rather big sorrow-spider suddenly appearing through one small mirror connected to a previously empty terrarium, idly climbing the provided miniature tree.

"Ah, hello, don't mind us." They say turning completely towards the terrarium. There are some more sounds involved but how the Professor was capable of making them is unseen. The spider moves its palps in a curious way, then goes back to chilling.

Returning to the Socialite and shocked surprise. "Do you know his prior work then?"