It seemed like he was going to keep asking questions, and she didn't mind answering them, but they might need (or want) booze first.

"If we're going to talk about our painful pasts, I think I need a drink first," she suggested. "Just a drink. I know you're taken."

He also didn't tend towards her gender, as far as she knew, which wasn't much. But it was good to be sure both people knew the ground rules.