Clark had seen her a few times and nodded in greeting. At her pronouncement, he raised an eyebrow, but nodded and reached under the counter for a tall, green, and dusty bottle, then poured a very small two fingers of drink into a glass.

"Be careful of that. It's very strong, miss." He tried not to butt into people's lives here, but he could tell when someone was working on something, and he worried.