"Just not big on people," says Elliot, tone a verbal shrug. The alcohol has relaxed him slightly, made this encounter both less fraught and less abrasive. That and he appreciates people who are just openly awful — it assuages his paranoia significantly when he isn't waiting to find out exactly how shit they are. So: "You're okay," he adds, which probably doesn't sound effusive but it's more than most people get.