Of course she's not available for a date, because that's Alex's luck. But if she's just a taste of the way the rest of the women here will be, then Alex can't even be mad.

With a half-huffed laugh, Alex nods. "For sure, I appreciate that. You know, a really great wingwoman would just proactively find a way to bring me up in conversation with their single friends, I'm just saying," he replies with a lopsided grin, a playful tone in his voice, even though he's only half-joking.

"Actually? Like a week? Ish? Not very long. I took a couple of days to settle in and look around and try to find a job and, failing that, figured out what steps I need to take to open my own place and I've been doing that since, but now that I'm about to be ready to open, I figured it was high time I dove right in with the whole Energy Festival and whatnot. I figured if I'm not all in, then why am I even here, you know?"