[ A small blip of surprise, huh. Even that reaction feels so incredibly on brand for Eustace, and maybe eliciting such a mild emotional response helps ease some of Dokja's earlier discomfort. Freaking stoics, man... There's a reason they're some of his favorite people. ]

I ran into someone who had your gun. I tried to reach you to return it, but when I wasn't getting any responses, I figured out what happened.

[ This time, there's something more relaxed and easy-going about his tone and his emotions, like he's thinking back to that time.

And also cooking up a lie. ]

When you came back, we met up and I gave you your gun back. You were really thankful, by the way. Tears in your eyes and everything.