Why, thank you. I do try.

[He inclines his head and flourishes one hand in an imitation of a magician's bow, grinning. He is very pleased at that flattery.]

[Although the way she phrases that bit about his other self...Envy actually makes a bit of a face.] What, his original form looks like that? It sounds like someone forgot about the 'hom' part of 'homunculus'.