She had seen Mathieu since the moment he had stepped in, of course. She rarely missed any guild members, leave alone council members, leave alone Mathieu, who basically seemed to stand out of sheer good mood.
"Caught you working?" Lan smiled back, although the strain was a bit obvious. "More like," she began, noticing the tiredness on her own voice. "I'm on an extended break for the time being."
She did raised her left hand and made a soft wave to the bartender, who nodded and called one of the waitresses. Moments later a particularly pretty waitress was coming by, wine bottle freshly open and a couple of glasses.