Ebonshield took a sip of her own coffee. This really was an acquired taste, and she had not acquired one quite yet. With a beverage of such bitterness, drinking hers neat was a bit of a struggle. Still, she persevered -- the corporal was known to take hers 'black', after all. And the corporal sounded like she wanted to talk about that morning, so Ebonshield got straight to the point.