Good thing Richard will completely forget being royal once he gets distracted by something shiny. Well, not literally, because you can't actually see anything regardless of shininess.

Richard is also not at all bothered by conversation, unless someone is being outright insulting. He's quite used to making conversation, even back when he was still a King. He likes conversation.

"Oh, it's fairly sizeable," he answers with a shrug. Look, he's not lying. More like.... misleading by omission. It's still his Kingdom in that he belongs to it, he just doesn't rule it.

"How about you? Are you from this 'Manhattan' or have you found yourself there more reasonable?" he asks curiously.