You could always try and trick different people. [ he lifts his shoulder, as if it's such an easy fix to her problem. he places his fork on the plate before him as he leans back, as if he's truly thinking of ways to go about strategising how she can con more people into buying her things. ]

[ looking at situations like they're some war plan is a hell of a lot easier than doing, or being, anything else. bellamy's not used to talking to people in normal situations. there's always a sense of urgency to their conversations, a need to fix things, to outthink people more attuned to war. he'd had moments of smiling and laughing and being a kid who didn't have the weight of the dropped ark kids on his shoulders, but even that had been destroyed by their pressing problems. ]

I'd guess getting a hug or whatever would make it worth it if you got something for free out of it.