[Josh is... kind of playing the edges of the greeting crowd. Seeing if he can pin down the newbies, but not greet 'em - it's not really for him to, not here, at least not in his current slightly-bent-and-dingy frame of mind. Right now? This is... close to meeting and seeing if he can do anything for new people, which 'e probably should. It's a first step at it, anyway, and man if he doesn't know why he isn't going further - you'd think someone should. You'd think...
It... stops him and catches his eye, though, seeing a woman freezing in the crowd. Maybe some part of him sees it as an opening - he doesn't dwell on whether or not that's it - but he ends up meandering closer, thinking it's curiosity, keeping his red admiral wings shut tight together so they don't get jostled between people milling back and forth...]
Worse than what?
[His words tumble and meld together a little - "worse'n what?" - in a little of a lumpy, vague tangle.]
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It... stops him and catches his eye, though, seeing a woman freezing in the crowd. Maybe some part of him sees it as an opening - he doesn't dwell on whether or not that's it - but he ends up meandering closer, thinking it's curiosity, keeping his red admiral wings shut tight together so they don't get jostled between people milling back and forth...]
Worse than what?
[His words tumble and meld together a little - "worse'n what?" - in a little of a lumpy, vague tangle.]