Oh, I was just on another island, and I'd happened to come across an interesting case while I was sightseeing.

[He says it like it's no big deal. Like he didn't go missing so unexpectedly and for so long that someone was actually paid to go looking for him to bring him back safely.

It doesn't take him long to pick a couple of things off the menu that he likes the look of. Fried things mostly. He has his own preferences too. As he keeps talking he taps against the menu with one finger to indicate what he'd like to get.]

Alas, I wasn't able to evade the person who ended up following me, but it wasn't a complete loss. As it happened it was someone I'd been wanting to meet. [None other than the famous Traveller. Very exciting.] I'm getting these. What are you having?