Silence. That was good. That kept Katina from having to actually talk, avoiding a hate-filled rant aimed at Alex, Viral, the restaurant, people in general, aliens, or the reason the sky is blue.

Fortunately, they were seated fairly quickly, keeping Katina's bad temper to a minimum for now. She caught the hesitation, but it's not like she didn't know how bad Viral was at casual conversation. "...small talk. Not exactly my strong point."

She drummed her fingers on the table. "We could talk about how many ways we're gonna gut Alex for this I guess."