Lake Rodney tarnished

"Oh, okey, no problem with that," Birk replied, even though he was morbidly curious to hear the story of the secret society Kaizer claimed to be part of. Though not a great story-teller himself, he was an avid listener. Yet it was clear from the other's pained expression that he was not going to get out much of him. Oh well... that was a loss.

"I have run out of all the regular questions I could ask you," he continued after a brief moment of silence. "Therefore... here goes the silliest one - what do you think of the weather?"