Eric tilted his head; D was definitely demanding some "face" time, and it was a little annoying. She actually just took over, and usually Eric let her. This was different. He didn't know this guy, and he didn't need the guy ratting out his strange behavior to Fred. Fred held the fucking purse strings.
"Dude, you're reading the books. You got the control. Course you could pick Nite Owl, Superman, Buffy for fuck's sake. You're talking like you don't have a choice. You got some family being held hostage by a whackaloon who demands you read the comics?" Eric wasn't stupid, neither was D. The pair working together? Well, they could do good sometimes.
"And, ya know, what just happened? Woke up one day with a Bat in your belfry?" Eric actually snickered at that one. It was a lame joke, but sometimes lame jokes helped.