[She wouldn't be the first person he'd made nervous. Sometimes it was intentional. Sometimes not. It was the nature of things. For all his control, he was still a predator, even if he wasn't currently posing a threat.
Her recognition of his name made him instantly brighten. His ego certainty didn't need the boost, but he did love it when someone remembered him. So few did these days. They were surrounded by his work, but they didn't know his name. Apparently a decent education was hard to come by.]
You know my work. [A statement, not a question. She was lucky he didn't correct the compliment by claiming he was the greatest scientific mind on Earth. His ego really was massive.]