"S'alright. Honestly, I should know better than to go stirring up extra trouble. Never had a problem with it finding me before, so playing the waiting game should be enough."

Not that it makes what happened okay, but if he's planning to go and pick fights with groups of people, it might be better if he had some backup first. He reaches for the bottle at his side, removes the smoke to take a long swig then briefly holds it out toward his associate. Why not, right?