He starts a little with surprise when the stranger takes a seat at his table without asking, without saying hello or waving or anything like that. Just sits down, orders himself a drink and gives him an up-and-down look that seems ... more thorough than your average casual glance.

"Uh. Yes. Yes I am." And then, because Ned's never exactly been the smoothest operator, he blurts, "I'm not... I don't know you do I? Sometimes I'm really bad with faces." He's pretty positive he's never met this man before, but it's his roundabout way of asking just what it is he wants.