"Oh cool, that's a fun crossover between vastly different worlds." But the comment about gauntlets made sense. "Do you also high five?" He puts up his hand palm forward for the extra hell yeah gesture, because they deserve it. Desmond grins at him, glancing around. "Yeah, that guy Mark also knows a shitton about plants. I mean, not as much as Alec, who is like ... an actual plant person." Desmond hasn't actively met the guy himself, but it's hard to miss a walking plant, and not ask questions about who he is.

"Are bartenders famously unpaid therapists in your world too? Telling them all their troubles over a pint?" Ah, memories.