"Please do. And though I'm sure you can afford it, feel free to drop the hint that you live at Pax. Free drinks, it's the least I can do for my fellow neighbors," he added, always one to offer bait if it meant catching a bigger fish on his line. This Michael could certainly prove helpful, in many, many ways. Though he was still deciding whether or not he even liked the man, that was no reason to burn bridges before they were even built. He nodded easily at the mention of the reasoning that had brought the man to Newport Beach - sad that it would be such dismal circumstances, but not everyone was as open to new experiences as Julian was.
"There's plenty in Newport that could rival LA," he replied. "Of course, there's not as much glitz and glamor as LA, but perhaps the people here aren't as plastic, which I found to be a nice change." His experience with the socialites of Los Angeles was scarce at best, but it didn't take long to measure the shallowness of a person through simple conversation. Especially most people hailing from that area of California.