"Please." Personally, Briar would take mildly grumpy adult over bored teenager, lazy gross adult, or most of the other stereotypes one could fine at places like this. The chair caught her attention, as did most things metal and vaguely mechanical and she found herself eyeing it with a craftsman's interest.
She reached out to wrap her hands around the mug, looking forward to the warmth seeping into her skin as she pulled her mind back from schematics and blueprints. Definitely needed some new projects if her mind was going down a rabbit hole this easily, "Afternoon." Came the greeting, no less sincere even if it was an after thought. Noticing his assessing look she raised an eyebrow a bit amused and curious at once, halfway tempted to do something outrageous just to see how he would react but too hungry to tempt getting kicked out at the moment.