"Dick. Freelance Intelligence." That was the polite way to say 'spy' that he'd come up this morning in the shower. He was counting on this obviously alien robot to not know that it was a shortening of 'Richard'.

Again, he did better when he wasn't actually lying.

"Guessing you were some sort of police bot." He offered, looking at his nails. "Hope yours didn't go private like mine did."