[ If he's not interested in making friends, then that's fine... It goes without saying that she's not the kind of person he'd normally make friends with anyway. She rocks slightly on her heels, guided by a ponderous, pendulous momentum in her head.

She doesn't ask what he means by her possibly seeing her friends again. Abel already explained as much to her, though Eustace is surprisingly encouraging about it against Abel's more reluctant, pessimistic slant. How unexpected, and how telling. She chews on that for a moderate, distracted silence before remembering to reply to Eustace's question. ]

Warm... and more relaxed. Though I don't think I should drink any more.

[ She may be buzzed, but that doesn't mean she's irresponsible!! She slowly turns to him. ]

I'm going to try again. Before I go... would you come down for a moment?