[ Quentin has a fantastic poker face, so he doesn't react with the wide-eyed open-mouthed response he feels like to that, but his eyes are very bright and focused, and he's clearly delighted, his energy raising, his full attention even more razor sharp.]

Mr. Ball, I'm so glad to meet you. I've been wanting to find you since I was first told about you and your people.

[Yes, perhaps from their conversation he should have gotten that, but he also could have assumed this was someone who agreed with the ideas and had interest. Or someone from Ball's group, which was what he was starting to think, but Ball himself. Now he doesn't have to rely on Loki.]

To talk about exactly what we are now, so I probably should've known, but. [He didn't! Shrugs.] I was hoping you'd tell me more about what you already know, about the divine here, about the powers that be. The myths and stories that people don't usually believe, but may be true. I was told you're the one who would know.