[ Eliot hums, pressing his lips together. He steps over and gently presses the man's thumb down. Just to see if it's even possible in the first place. ]

I try to avoid bonding wherever possible. And I'm sure that, as easily as I could break them, knowing this place? It wouldn't help.

[ He wonders if it's a prank. It has to be, it reeks of it. ]

Have you pissed anyone off lately?