*pauses as well, a half-smile coming automatically (though he doesn't feel it)* *with the easy flippance of a well-used line* Nah, I failed my diet this month, is all.
*realizes in the same instant that he doesn't know you (and he knows everyone here)* *curiously, despite the weariness urging him to just get the Mandos out of here* I'm sorry, I don't think we've met? *extends a hand* Erestor, Fountain second-in-command.
(*and you'd better have security clearance, because he is not in the mood for a security breach*)