Meanwhile, Kim has met the bartender: a crusty, tattooed fifty-something woman with an eyepatch who looks tough enough to take on most guys twenty years her junior.  The words HATE and PAIN are tattooed across her knuckles, one word on each hand.  She gives the slight girl a frown, barely pausing as she wipes down the bar.<br/><br/>"What'll it be, babe?  Beer?  Ale?  Absinthe?"