Now I wonder what you get up to, to be no stranger to not being caught.

[For now David doesn't offer to be a tour guide. Balthier had been right earlier. Something was making David strangely forward, and he was trying to play it cooler than that urge to just jump at the chances here. It seems... wrong. And he doesn't know if he should trust fireworks as a matchmaker.]

I'm known for knowing things. I'm also a doctor, a chef, a chemist, you know, too many things. Comes from what I am. Which is to say I was something before coming here would have made me something. And Forge was less a friend and more a mentor. My friends tend to be a lot more colorful than them.

[He lets Balthier consider the glasses for now. It's a better thing to talk about until they get a nice quiet corner to sit down in and talk about slightly less... legal things. When he moved in the line with Balthier he considered the selection of teas and then looked to the guy.]

What moves you with tea? Perhaps I can help you decide on something to try? And remember, it's on me. Little pastries too.