Well, it wasn't not a compliment, so that's for the best, really. Interesting people are far better than boring people who just follow blindly, after all. He nods at her.

"Have a good day, Kugutsu-san," he says, and leans back with a sigh. "I suppose I'll wait here a while longer..."

Unbothered by any of the other patrons, he fishes out a cigarette- they're just cognitions, anyway- before hailing the waitress, and ordering another coffee.