"I think that, even when he finds someone's proclivities distasteful, he finds it amusing that they're... beholden to them. And there's still some level of kinship there. He told me and my sister not that long ago that people with his 'sickness' often seek out others with the same 'illness'."

He paused, then slid back onto his stool, though his more obvious fidgets - flexing and wringing his hands - were still absently ongoing as he considered the files on the table. Finally he stopped to reach into the box to grab a few more.