"You're the idea man, Nate. I just hit people." The lack of work was starting to make him itch for some normalcy and he'd put down good money that Nate was feeling the same way. It didn't seem right to go on without Sophie, Parker, or Hardison, but if they were going to do something, adjustments had to be made.
And he never said anything about Eliot having to like anyone they did end up hiring.
"Could do some vague advertising on that board thing. Plenty of displaced people on there." The suggestion was drawn out, Eliot piecing words together until he ended it with a wave of his hand, dismissing the idea. "Trial run maybe. Could take them out while you watch, see how they hold up."