[Hardly inconvenienced, he turns away from a clothing rack, his smile tinged with wryness. After having been helped as newcomer, it's the least he can do to return the favour and ease someone's transition into this strange place.]

Hate to say it, but you've just won a lucky draw for an all expenses paid trip to this fishbowl for an indefinite period of time.

[It's not easy news to break, so he had thought to soften it with a joke.]

New arrivals come in bunches every couple of months like clockwork. Wish I could say that's the craziest it gets around here, but things are always changing up.