Well, I presume "the Nose" is Igor, given the obvious. I never met him prior, but I met someone who resided within the Velvet Room, who had more or less been assigned to observe me and I suppose facilitate bonds?

[He shrugs, hands in his pockets.]

It was all an annoying state of affairs, watching while those around me obtained special powers to cross over into the TV world, while I had to prove myself to get in. But I did it. I got the power on my own terms.