The newcomer's assessment of scars is encouraging, if wholly inaccurate in Siebren's case. He has not come out the other side when it comes to Sigma, and he has doubts as to whether that will ever happen - but those are his own problems, not to be sorted out in public.

(The addition of a third person, and a complete stranger at that, officially makes this "public" as far as Siebren is concerned. This is what he gets for choosing to stay.)

He moves to make space, glancing to Seto as he does, and...oh. He recognizes that expression - he has worn it himself more than once. And if he is reading this correctly - if Seto is shaking-

He will need space to sort this out, and he will not get that if attention is on him. Siebren can step in, at least for now. He has enough experience putting things aside to deal with later that this will not cause him trouble. Hopefully.

"You may only join us if you introduce yourself," he says, tone arch and accompanied by a smile he wears but does not feel. "Consider it a password to this...exclusive club." He gestures to encompass the very public car. Not his usual method of greeting, to be sure, but if there is anything he has learned from his coworkers, it is that smartasses draw attention. He can sacrifice decorum to achieve this goal.