[Annoying a senior candidate wasn't a bad guess, except, of course, it's not Luke's guess. He'd spent the last two years subject to hostile looks from total strangers pretty much any time he dared to set foot anywhere in Cali. The only thing surprising about Yuri's reaction is that the man tries to contain it and be civil.

There's an obvious pause while Luke looks guilty or uncertain. To just apologize now? But that never did him any real favors. No one wanted his apologies, he'd realized that by now. He guessed if this guy wanted to pretend he didn't hate his family's guts he would go along with that.

He takes a breath, changing what he was going to say, and tries to gather himself up from the defensive hunch he'd automatically fallen into when Yuri first glared at him.]

Nice to meet-- uh. Wait. I said that.

[A beat of pained silence, then he just continues on.]

Well, I mean, it's still nice. But... yeah.

[A sigh, there's no way he's going to come out of this looking cool or competent or like anyone who should be allowed within fifty feet of a giant robot.]