"Blaise," Greg said, smiling. He wasn't really the kind of person who enjoyed talking to strangers, so if he hadn't found anyone he knew he'd have been content to sit alone. However, given his recent and unfamiliar isolation at home, he wasn't going to turn down company. "How are you?"
There was an empty stool next to Greg, but also a free table within his line of sight. So Greg got straight down to the important question. "Are you here to eat? We could get a table."