Javert snorted. "Probably not. It's nothing like I've ever seen - my roommate was going on about other worlds and different dimensions, and with strange devices like these - " he waggled the lamp a bit - "I'm almost inclined to believe him."

He wasn't one for polite gestures, but he figured he didn't need another fellow annoyed at him just yet. Perhaps this man knew something he didn't. Shifting the lamp to his left hand, he extended his right.

"Javert, Inspector First Class, Paris Prefecture," he said by way of introduction, desperately hoping the title might sound at least vaguely familiar to the other man.