At the salute that was hardly a salute, Rory nodded shortly. "Thank you," he said. No reason not to be gracious to this insane man. Looking skyward, he set his grappling gun to retract and set one foot against the wall, testing his weight. It held. Reaching up with one hand to guide against the cord, he began to very slowly walk his way upwards.
Before too long, the bizarre man talking to nothing was just a faint memory.