"All right, then." He smiles again, pleased to see her recovered spirit (so to speak). He doesn't quite reach out to chuck her under the chin, but he does consider it for a moment.

"So, while you're here..." Hellboy reaches over to the fruit-and-cheese tray, scoops up a couple chunks of each, and quickly scarfs them down. "I got this case I'm working on. Shoggoths, or things that try to act like 'em: you ever run into anything like that before?"