Dante grumbles under his breath the second he hears the phrase "he's paying". Granted, this was a common occurrence back home, and he's much better off here, but he still can't help but cringe at the thought of being told he's paying. Nearly twenty years of being dead broke will do that. However, the second the waiter left, he was back to grinning.

"Just that you're wasting your time." He finally spoke up. "The locals aren't exactly the most friendly bunch around. You'd be better off trying to chat up a brick wall."