[ well. He seems a little awkward and less than enthusiastic, but, honestly, who could blame him? This whole concept is awkward. And if he was forced into it like Zara was, well... The lack of enthusiasm would be more than understandable. ]

Yes, it's Zara. Nice to meet you, Mr. Gintoki. [ a beat. It doesn't look like this Gintoki fellow is going to move things along, so it falls upon him to keep this from being disastrously awkward. Good thing he's a gentleman. ] This is all rather strange, but let's try to make the best of it, I suppose. Shall we sit down?

[ because one of the robot waitresses is starting to give them the stink eye. ]