"Hn," Alley's not going to be a judgemental ass about it, anyway. She's always seen things in shades of good and bad, never wholly one or the other. And isn't what this guy does... similar to Cole? In a way?

Just, more mundane?

"I know someone like you, on my world." Right down to seeing the value in entertainment and hope, going by how Cole's new girlfriend is a traveling bard.