"I mean, I have bothered you in the middle of your design session," she points out with a grin, nodding to his sketches and doodles. "No shame in being distracted." But then she's off to fetch coffee for the both of them -- it's a standard Scandinavian thing, too, to unwind with some coffee after dinner. Ideally with some cake, but waffles are acceptable too.

When Brigitte returns and hands over a still-steaming cup for him, she leans against the back of her chair rather than sit don again. She really should be mingling more, but she likes Seifer, likes keeping him company. She'll move on in a few, but not quite yet.

"This is one of the things I miss most, I think," she says, looking down at the coffee. "I pretty much lived on coffee back home. But it's so much more rare here."