"Oh yeah! Everyone keeps talking about you! Little help on the costume; it does not look like a bat. Just...y'know, helpful feedback...oh!"
He held the notebook with wide eyes as he realized what the guy had read.
"N-no, you don't understand I'm trying to win my wife back and--burn it," he nodded. "Right. But ya gotta admit, hot stuff, right? I mean, I know you only had a glance but let me just assure you that everything is written exactly as...performed. Eh? Yeah."