Hal gives the man a look that falls somewhere between completely incredulous and mildly ill. "Are you mad?" Why are you afraid of him, like any creature living or undead could spend a minute in his presence without metaphorically shitting themselves.

Unless this man hasn't spent any time with him at all. Unless it's not him yet.

"Tell me, when you spoke, was it a video call, or—?" He seems very fixated on that detail all of a sudden.