Gottlieb took the hand daintily, giving it a polite shake.

"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Pidge, in spite of the circumstances. I am sure my friends in town will be worried sick. They do tend to dote on me. I suppose it's not without reason, considering my past foibles."

He looked up to the sky, "... although, if they did come, would they be stuck as well? That would be frightful. They haven't the time to spare that I do."