Barrett grumbled under Elias's look, but let it drop for now, more interested in speaking with the man for now than causing a fight. If he interacted with him more, well, then he could make a deal out of it. But for now, he was going to drink tea and get to know the strange man who seemed to prefer to live on his own, but also didn't immediately throw out a stranger that turned up in his private space.

However, once the other was sat across from he, Barrett found himself speaking, "Ya know, I'm not just a seventeen year old punk. I'm twenty-four, I have a job and everything. Relocated here for it, too. Or at least partly. But I'm from the big city and this is a sleepy little town. I like to be entertained and see what's around me. Doesn't make me a kid." He looked over at the other sipping the proffered tea, while thinking that the small size of the town didn't really change the exploring, but Elias didn't need to know that right now.