"Heh." If that was liking him, then the bats were free to hate his guts. Of course, in that case, they might have been flying at his face and trying to rip his eyes out, which didn't really sound too pleasant, either.
"Never heard of it," he replied, just as matter of factly, then glanced down the hallway to see what else might be hanging around. It seemed pretty clear, for the moment.
"So what do you think is hanging out in the kitchen?"