"You know you can get pills for that? Fake sunlight, makes you feel like you're getting the real thing. Drugs are truly miracles," Elle specifically doesn't call it medicine because Dan, but casually mentioning drugs that make you feel better in a conversation without making an actual lifestyle suggestion seems safe enough. She doesn't linger on it.

"Yeah, I'm not feeling great about it myself. I've been kinda stuck in my own head about things, which never ends well," she jokes at her own expense, though it's more true than she'd like. "I don't blame you for being a bit hesitant. It was a lot easier when people needed help surviving, but here you have to put yourself out there. Gross."

Elle happily take the candy and pops it in her mouth without hesitation. She happily gives a middle finger to years of etiquette training by talking around it.

"But a potluck is a great idea. We could even make it a semi-regular thing, whenever someone wants to cook a big meal or something," Elle is once again avoiding the urge to make it a more formalized event.

"Even just keeping to yourself, anyone new stand out to you?" she leaves it open as to whether it's in a good way or a bad way. She always values Dan's perspective on things, especially people.