"You think so?" Leon did catch that César was joking, but he can't help but ask anyway, eyebrows raised. "I mean, I guess it does seem like there aren't a lot of folks Mortanne invited here who had normal nine-to-fives, but..."

Huh. He's gonna have to think really hard about that one. Sure enough he hasn't exactly interviewed everyone here about their lives before winding up here, but from the sample he's got it is kind of a pattern.