Char noted the brandy bottle on the table and sat down. "Mind if I join you? I'll pay for the bottle."

He briefly considered using that as a code phrase sometime, even though he just made it up on the plot. More importantly to the moment, he leaned over casually to pour himself a glass and spoke in a voice that couldn't be heard over the noise of the tavern - noise that encouraged to be especially loud in and around the back room for exactly that purpose. "So first thing's first," he murmured, "where's Mitsunari?"