Townsend manages to keep talking pretty much continually but not have any of his words actually attract the attention.
He's honestly like a noisy air conditioning unit, or a lorry parked outside with its diesel engine running.
A constant sort of background hum which produces no noise of any actual value, but just won't fucking stop. Like living near the end of the Heathrow runway, or maybe with a helicopter permanently hovering over your house.
