"It's not an interrogation, it's a conversation. Friends have conversations and I hope whatever else, we're still friends." Suddenly, he realized he didn't want to lose her friendship. He didn't have many here and he did cherish the few he did. But the bridge was crossed, he just had to make sure he didn't burn it.

"I'm just curious about you. You remind me a lot of some of the people I work with and I know how... isolating that can be." He took a sip of the whiskey he'd ordered, not really planning on finishing it until they were done with... whatever this was going to be.