She laughs at his retort, getting a cheerful gleam to her smile. "I am here if the customers are, and I shall serve them the finest drinks they have ever had the delight of setting lips to."

"I don't normally charge people for telling them my name, no. I might charge for other questions, however. I'm quite good at finding the answers to certain questions. I think I may answer one for you which can be freely given."

She leans forward, fixing him with a far more serious gaze than she had before, the smoke wreathing her as she gazes at him. "There is an unseen world, all around you, which can not be answered by the rules you are using. There are deeper currents than you realize."

She settles back in her chair, and smiles again, a little more lazily.
"Would you care to have a pastry? My pet likes you, and I found an excellent pâtissier a few streets over."