Not a great time for introductions, but Taako's new enough that most of his interactions are first times, and he's not a one for tact anyhow. The one thing he has managed to establish for himself is a general right to haunt the inn for culinary purposes, and that was mostly by assuming this was already the case. He's just here for the kitchen, has certainly never fancied himself as the trustworthy and inviting barkeep, but the idea of just putting up with tepid tea bugs him. There's brooding and there's brooding, honestly.

"I'm about to put water on if you want a top-off on that." No polite attempt at introduction or even a greeting. He's a little curious, sure, but without a real target for information gathering, he finds it's better to let people talk or not as the spirit moves them. He has to get to know these disparate weirdos at least a little bit, somehow.