Fortunately for Ben, Eusine gobbles that story right up. Unfortunately for Ben, all it does is give Eusine more questions, and they run out of his mouth at the speed of an Olympic sprinter.

"Fascinating! Should I assume most life forms on your planet have eight legs? Is your species the only sentient one? What do these bird-like creatures spit acid for?"

Eusine pauses for a fraction of a second, finally realizing that he is dangerously coming close to sounding like a huge dweeb. Not that he doesn't want answers to these questions, of course, but there's no reason not to be smooth about it.

"Anyway-" he quickly adds, his already loud voice reaching critical levels, "I am the Mysticalman, expert on legendary creatures and wizard extraordinaire!"

He extends a hand.

"Please do allow me to welcome you with the Earth custom known as a handshake!"