The pause is only awkward if they aren't waiting for the same moment. They are, which shouldn't surprise Jason in the least.

It wouldn't do to return that smile in quite the same manner it's given, but her eyes light up with a mock-surprise and amusement all the same. "Imagine that! Who'd have thought that being identified as a scumbag would get a person killed?"

Then she does smile and rest both elbows on the bar to lace her fingers together at chin level. "Don't you think it's got to be a little unnerving being a member of the Militia right now? What kind of message does that send when no one even investigates the death of one of their own?" There's no real sympathy felt there, and she doesn't really make much of an effort to play at it, either.