It shouldn't surprise anyone that my mind's always in the gutter

I bought that new Professor Layton game yesterday. I liked the Curious Village game well enough that I figured I'd give this one a try, and it's pretty good. So far It's got a lot more movie clips in it than the last game did. And I'm really liking the voice acting. Then again, I always was a sucker for a British accent.

Not even five minutes into the game my brain veered off the sidewalk and straight into the gutter. There's this lovely little tidbit you get when Layton and his sidekick Luke introduce themselves to an NPC:

NPC: Interesting. So if I understand correctly, you keep a child around as an "apprentice," do you?
Layton: Not at all, sir. In truth, he's--
Luke: Professor Layton's apprentice, like I said!
Layton: Mm.
NPC: Well, it's really none of my concern.