<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=10350.msg382273#msg382273">Quote from: Valerian on 03-07-2007, 22:28:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"You're a brave man," Allison murmured to Edwin as they walked towards the restaurant, only half-joking.  The view certainly drew the eye, though she didn't really like it.  With the snow swirling in the darkness and her own tired state, the abyss beyond the windows only made her faintly dizzy.  She returned the bartender's smile and glanced at her companions.  "Should we just sit at the bar?"  Shivering a little, she glanced uneasily over at the windows giving onto nothingness.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"There does seem to be enough room, and I imagine it'll be easier on the staff."  He then heads over and takes a seat beside the two women already at the bar.  "Coffee," he tells the bartender as he slips free of his scarf, greatcoat and hat, "Sweet as a lover's kiss and black as the devil."  Oddly enough, as he removes his thick leather gloves, he's wearing a pair of slim form-fitting ones inside them and these he leaves on as he settles in.