She bowed her head slightly and left him to his peace. She closed the door behind her and made her way back down the stairs, clicking her tongue in disappointment. She had hoped he would be cheeky one more time. A prepared quip floated through her mind, ready to fire at the opportune moment, “but then...it wouldn’t really be a quip then, now would it?” She asked to nobody in particular, only to remember that Ryo was still there, “right? A good quip comes out in the moment. It’s not something that you can prepare.” She already knew the answer, posing the question to the guitarist rhetorically. She walked over to his table and grabbed the empty bowl, sweeping past Nathan’s table to pick up the coins he had left her for the food she had served him earlier.<br/><br/>After bringing the dirty dishes into the kitchen for her to clean later, she came back out to the bar and poured two glasses of whiskey. She circled around to the other side of the counter with both glasses in hand, placing one of them on the table next to Ryo, “here. The fire will warm you up fairly well from the outside, but this will heat you right up good from the inside.” She patted her belly with her free hand and gave him a small wink. “This one is on the house.” She smiled pointing to the whiskey she just put down before taking a sip from the glass still in her hand.