There they are a matched set, since Hal has yet to meet a single person whose makeup makes any sense to him. Then again he was already working himself into a festive migraine anyway, just for funsies. That and so he could complain about it later; Hal is happiest when he's miserable.

"Well." Awkward, party of Hal. The other man (what...ever he is) seems perfectly at home here, unlike his new conversational partner. "Have you seen anyone else in the vicinity? I'm looking for--a friend."