I've reached out to him personally with a question about something he wrote. He was quite polite and gave me far more time than I could expect as a random perso

I've reached out to him personally with a question about something he wrote. He was quite polite and gave me far more time than I could expect as a random person from the internet. Obviously I don't have any details about this interaction (and he's declined to share), but I'm not especially persuaded by the dark allusions here.