Beyond more obvious defences, Tyson has dozens of pre-prepared lines to help conversations go smoothly and several strategies to help endear himself to other people.
One of Tyson’s main strategies is bringing a drink and a sandwich to a meeting for the person he intends to meet.
This works for several reasons. The first one is that it forces Tyson to actually attend the meeting. After his time fleeing the army on scraps, he hates to waste food and if he’s brought food for someone else, it would be a shame to waste it by not attending the meeting.
The other part is that Tyson knows this will generally endear him to the person he’s meeting, because it looks like he went out of his way to do something nice for them; and if knows anything about their tastes, that he picked something he knew they would like.
Which in turn helps Tyson stay comfortable and confident, which means his stutter isn’t as bad and Tyson can converse more fluidly rather than relying on the practised turns of phrases that whilst useful also add more distance between them and make it harder to find his true comfort zone around people.