These things happening more could help with the awkwardness that seems to be goin' on up in here. [The grin stays as he motions around the room at the other party goers. Even his starting and trying to initiate conversations hadn't been able to quell the fact that lots of people didn't know how to be social.]
[He wasn't so sure about his learning to trust some of the people in here but he knew he wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised should it happen.] You know I think it's people like you that make this place not so bad. I mean you seem pretty level headed and pretty nice to me. What did you do where you're from?