"How strange. Maybe I should have paid closer attention to previous years, huh?" He pauses to savor some food and collect his thoughts.

"Well... I hope you don't bear any grudges against us, whatever happens this year."

After the words leave Luka's mouth, he isn't quite sure why he said them. Why should he care what a monster thinks about him? But he can't help it, the little guy was just so... personable.