"The more thoughtful kind of people aren't the sort I deal with as often. I talk with the people willing to listen, though." He gives a nod, and sips at his coffee thoughtfully. The Shadow does not fling himself into a fight without a reason, but he finds reasons often enough, and his stance is considerably more aggressive than Metody seems to think. He has not uttered the term 'semi-retired' for quite some time now, as he is unquestionably back into flinging himself into work every waking moment.

"It might be better to be an unknown quantity. The government only makes laws against activities it's aware of." His world has no laws around psychic activities, since such things supposedly exist only in fiction.