There was something about the way the male had said it, Jia couldn’t put her tongue on it and usually her senses were sharp on things such as this. The vibe that exuded off the male was anything but normal, it didn’t frighten her, no, but it simply piqued an interest she hadn’t had in others in a while. A presence contrasting heavily with those around him, especially the male who’d also approached the bar making it his duty to bang against counter upon hearing that the other in’t want anything, demanding to be served next. Jia didn’t condone, nor did she acknowledge such behavior, especially not on her first night on the job so she simply ignored him, eyes still on the male. “You sure, it doesn’t have to be alcohol if that’s not your thing, we have water…..somewhere.” The last word was more of a whisper but she knew she could tell the water apart from the anything else behind the counter. She felt she should leave the male to his occupation, he seemed to be pretty lost in thought.
His seemingly so gently rounded eyes narrowed and veered momentarily over towards the man who had so impatiently hit the counter. “Barbarian,” he muttered beneath his breath, scoffing lightly, before the emotions drained from his features as he came to look back at the woman who had so kindly asked him if he wished for anything. A woman who even bothered to ask again, and though the whisper at the end was hardly heard over the music so loud, her lips gave an inkling of what she had said. And it made the corners of his lips quirk as he snorted in faint amusement. Somewhere, he repeated inwardly. “I am quite sure,” he assured. “Miss…?” he trailed off, an eyebrow arching as the question of her name hung in the air between them. He wondered, as he did, where she was from; her accent made him think perhaps China, but which language she called her own, he guessed only asking could tell him.