Lachlan turned from Mel to the newcomer and greeted him with a bright smile.
"Vaako! Pleasure to meet you," he says while shaking Vaako's hand. "Somehow you look even more grizzled in person than over comms."
Lachlan then gestures towards the room.
"As you already noticed, there's not many of us around yet, so we may as well make yourself comfortable while we're waiting for them. Get yourself a drink and claim a chair, they are unbelievably comfortable."
He half turnes back to his chair, but then he stops and shooks his head.
"What a terrible host I am. You two haven't meet each other yet, right?" he asks rhetoritacly. "Vaako, meet Melony, Mel, Vaako, our gentleman from Gallia.