Maybe it's more like asking the class rep for the bathroom. They've got to answer you, since the teacher isn't there, but sometimes they'll try to extort something out of you... Mmm, yeah, that's about how society works.

[He is not joking. He's dead serious. If this guy doesn't have parents, then maybe he understands Society instead, so they can change the subject. Be in awe of his smooth social skills (no).

He looks down at his palm and back up at Kurapika and cocks his head sort of like a mouse that's caught a whiff of cheese.]

Come to think of it, what were we summoning brooms for again?