Ah. Nobody who recognized him, then, just a passerby admiring his... pet. Bird. "Ah, I see. My apologies- I'm afraid I'm not in the best of moods."

Which was putting it mildly, honestly, but... Actually, there was something the stranger could potentially help with. "I've been in here and I've just realized I have no real sense of the purchasing power of the money here. I look at these prices, and I can't tell if this is a deal, or if I'm being ripped off. Would you be willing to lend a hand?"