"Good to meet you, Rashad!" The Balladeer returns the handshake with equal vigor. He's one to easily get caught up by enthusiasm, and it's definitely happening now.

Obviously such a friendly and outgoing person must have a lot of friends; the conclusion's obvious. "I'm sure they're somewhere around. There's just all these dream people - honestly it'd be easier if they didn't even show up." He'd have rather had a party with just the dreamers, where they could all find each other easily and hang out. Nothing against dream people; they're just not really people at all. Not great for conversation.