Bruce, for all the strangeness of his life, can underestimate the strangeness of the lives of others. Even when they have little wings on their back. Is she supposed to be an angel or something? It doesn't seem very angel-like to drink and smoke, but he's not exactly a theologian.

"Go ahead. Maybe if we're lucky, you'll set off a fire alarm and we'll all get to leave early."

Perhaps a little too much to hope for, but the dark, dry sense of humor gives his voice an edge.