Shay peered back at the stranger, raising an eyebrow toward the implication that the greeting is for him. "Hmph," he merely grunts, entirely uncommittal towards social interaction at this moment.

But to totally ignore the kid(?) would be rude and he's supposed to be a little better at that by now.

"New around here?" Shay finally makes himself add as he plops into an empty seat that just so happens to remain in conversation distance. And then simply orders a coffee for himself.