Batch is definitely a better word than herd. I think girls prefer cookies to sheep, anyway.
[Kida doesn't notice the faltering smile. He's never been the most attentive when it comes to things like that.]
I can imagine that. This place isn't exactly the most normal, it'd make sense for the people to be the same way. [Not to mention the fact that he already knows someone here who likes to screw around with people in his own special way.]