And that's basically how I take him.

Ironically, the one thing that's really surprised me about him so far is when he was taken by surprise: when he was thrown by Lester coming up to him in Vegas. I woulda thought he'd have some kind of plan at the ready if such an event occurred, to say "this is an old friend, can you excuse us for a few seconds to catch up on some personal stuff?" or something like that. That's all it would have taken to get Lester off his back, and a hell of a lot less suspicious than to pretend he didn't know him.