[ She nods, walking to where he offered, and it's the same delicate reserved movements, sweeping her skirts underneath her, pushing back her hood from her face and unbuttoning the top of the coat. Not so cold here. ]

It is quite fine. I am sorry I do not come on... better occasion. I am very much looking forward to 'having a drink with you'. [ There is almost a pause, as if to make sure she has said it correctly and is doing this right.

As he busies himself, she does look at him. Watching his form, and that - he is as handsome as she remembered. Not 'human' no, but apparently she was not one of them either, so it did not matter, to her. Yes, terrifying, perhaps, but how kind he had been to her, in their haze. ] But there has been... a matter of unpleasantness that I have to... to see too and... I would be remiss if I did not... do so first.