By Odin's empty eyesocket! I am a strawberry milkshake person as well! But I fail to see the connection between evil cackling and shaken milk.

But if your lair is a secret one, why are you informing me about its location? That is rather foolish. I might go and inform everyone about it. And I will cackle most evilly over it.

[This is a joke, and the amusing undertone in his voice is quite audible]

Perhaps abductors took them away. Perhaps you are compelled to buy a device to destroy them.

Preferrably one with a large laser.