"Oh, a servant? How unusual. Someone from your own world, or have you been fortunate enough to find someone who wishes to serve you here? You must be a natural leader, if that's the case." Vlad gave himself a mental pat on the back for saying that with a straight face, although it was even bets on whether the man across the table would believe the compliment or not. He did seem to have quite an impressive ego.

Vlad poked lightly at his salad, gathering some lettuce and a bit of sliced orange together, as though he needed to think. "Well, if you're so preoccupied, I thought you must have some sort of business at hand. The fact that you also have a servant here seems to be a good sign. I'm a man of business myself, and there are so many unusual individuals here. Doesn't making their friendly acquaintance seem sensible?"

True, there was a chance Mozenrath was an entirely unremarkable egomaniac, but if he had a 'servant' of some kind, one of the two of them had to be worth something. Or were they both examples of the low cards the Doctor seemed to have placed in the deck, inexplicable survivors?