The main reason Seth doesn't stand up immediately is confused surprise. Well, that and the exhaustion probably plays its part. But largely it's because he's taken aback with just... the amount of cheer, which seems extremely discordant given Seth's situation.

He feels like he's seeing one half of a good cop bad cop routine. But the surreality of it at least shakes him out of his thoughts a little, since it's so completely against expectations, he has no choice but to deal with the present rather than what he thinks is supposed to happen.

Seth wearily gets to his feet, approaching the table and sitting down with a certain amount of trepidation. Still, the offered meal is impossible to pass up at the moment. "Thanks," he says, opening the bottle and gulping down a good quarter of it in one go. It's not even that cold, and yet it's blissfully refreshing.

"How's Daniel?" are the first words he speaks once he sets the bottle down, a little breathless now.