[ Honestly, a place that lets you drink in public might just be the place for her. It's not that she drank heavily or so frequently that it mattered too much to her so much as she needed a vacation sorely -- and it's been coming for a long while. If anything, it suggests a more laid back atmosphere and while she struggles to let herself go from rigidity, it's something she needs. If you're uptight too long and work without a vacation as often as she does, you're more likely to break. That's the last thing that she needs, especially since she suspects she'll carry on and fight until death in the field.

She'd rather prolong the living part, if she can. ]

Oh, boy. [ She grins, a little toothy and crooked. ] You've said the magic words. I'm a bourbon gal myself, but I won't say "no" if something else is offered to me.

[ There's something charming about someone reading a book in public, drinking like they're in the comfort of their own home. If anything, it makes her feel more at ease. ]