option number gwen's bar run is getting interrupted by an empath
[ deanna isn't really sure why she's here. maybe it has something to do with needing to be out and about instead of sitting in the apartment mourning her husband's departure. she wasn't really intending to sit at the bar -- actually, she'd been heading for a table -- but when she nears the bar, her empathy picks up something different, something that isn't quite... good. so she veers off and moves to take an empty seat close by another woman. ordering a glass of wine to start, she pretends not to have noticed anything until the woman rests her head against the bar. it's the perfect opener and deanna takes advantage of it. ]
Are you all right? [ asking as though it's merely a headache the woman might be nursing or something else and not anything emotional. ]