[ He's seen her file, was wary of her once, when he'd overheard her initial approach to Yulia.

Shrugging now, folding his arms over the table and offering up a soft: ] Well, social things are skills. What better to get from bad to good and good to better but practice, right?

[ He falters a little at the end of that. Malia Saab is a member of the Searing Wind and a Sin-Eater with more field and practical experience than himself. ] I... I mean that, well. Uhm.

[ Nice one, Josh. ]