[Elias is here partly because he thinks he's been a good little vampire who shouldn’t be on the Black Court’s hit list, but mostly because he’s got bad taste. It's a him problem.]

They don’t- [sputtering, defensive-] nooo. I don’t fuck, [????????] -not that good in a fight, if I was a good fuck I’d be in Red. I’ve got nothing for them, one of them called me “swagless”.

[Yeah he’s made his case about why the Reds would not see him as fun entertainment, but he’s also metaphorically shot himself in the foot like five times in the process. It was NOT worth it. At the very least, Elias has paused his sipping of the drink in his distraction, so he's not actively getting drunker.]