He wouldn't press further, even to admit his astonishment at such a long lasting effect--and a burning desire to ask about the kidnapping. It was something he had only heard about through the backlogs, and wasn't widely discussed. Standing on the sidelines for a while made it easy to figure out which topics not to broach upon.

"A bourbon, please. On the ro--no. Straight. Who woulda thought that the pretty miss Ginia would be working in a place like this?"