He was staring out before them still, not daring to raise his eyes and look at the same thing she's looking at. It'd just be rude.

To offer sympathy, he nodded and gazed into his glass. "...Yeah, I'm sorry. They've got no idea how to be decent."

Again, something she didn't need to be reminded of. But he could let her know that she had at least one person agreeing with her.