Dan turned around and grinned. Ah, just the trio he was looking for. Perfect.

He walked up to them, standing in front of Danny in particular. "Hello there Danny. Do you remember me?" Before he could give the teenager a chance to respond, he continued. "Oh that's right. You can't possibly forget me!" he cackled.

He turned to Valerie. "And I suppose you still don't know what's going on, hmm? Danny can't've told you, he's too much of a naive child to come clean."