Doug had the decency to blush slightly and look away as if completely chastised at the response. He gulped again and took a shuttering breath as he tried to find his spine and meet the gaze that was being leveled at him. It wasn't very easy. The old man was very intimidating for all that he was sitting down... and old.
"Heard a rumor," he finally managed, though it came out a bit more high pitched than he had wanted. "About you. Wanted to see if it was true."