The lady in the white jacket strolled up to him like she owns the place, mumbled something jovially to the thugs in suits and touched Mitch's arm deliberately, then steps back as if not expecting a response and trying to be invisible in the situation. Turned him off like a robot. The middle thug immediately looks over at Mitch, and his body language suggests he was confirming the situation, not discovering the situation.
People conditioned to hypnotism can be entranced by touch and suggestion like this, and this looks like exactly that.
The lady in the white jacket strolled up to him like she owns the place, mumbled something jovially to the thugs in suits and touched Mitch's arm deliberately, then steps back as if not expecting a response and trying to be invisible in the situation. Turned him off like a robot. The middle thug immediately looks over at Mitch, and his body language suggests he was confirming the situation, not discovering the situation.
People conditioned to hypnotism can be entranced by touch and suggestion like this, and this looks like exactly that.