Your friend, yes, I can understand that.

[ watching him suck on that popsicle is rather distracting, and he has to give himself a little shake of his head. ]

In that case, it would be amiss of me if I did not offer my assistance and perhaps my name. Julian Alfred Pankratz, viscount of Lettenhove, at your service. Normally this is when I'd bow, but that seems to be unnecessary.