--no. He'd say it aloud, because puns were meant to be shared. "That's a rather pointed question, isn't it?" Cecil's eyebrows climbed his forehead. He was clearly very proud of his little joke. "Yes. I'll be here for a while. Family business. You know, asking questions of strangers invites them to ask questions of you."
His tone wasn't unfriendly. Cecil inclined his head forward to Sadie, his expression somewhere between conspiratorial and questioning. "Define 'different?'"