"Yup!" The reply was automatic, happy, and quite obviously mechanic. "I just had a few accidents at the workplace. It has quite the reputation for being a nasty area, but I think I'm accustomed enough to avoid much further harm. How are you?"
Nothing about his current personality seemed to hint at anything other than what he said. Perhaps it was simply a series of work accidents, instead of the abuse that an informed person might have assumed?