"You are the first person who has something negative to say about this place," Wanda said with a small, fleeting smile, "it is strangely refreshing to hear." She briefly took stock of the bottles behind him, mouth moving back and forth as she tried to decide. "No, I think I will take a double vodka...on the rocks, as they say? Yes?" English was her second language and, while Wanda was fairly comfortable in it, a lot of the idioms and slang were tricky for her.
Her green eyes watched him, feeling the thoughts fade away. "Keeping busy helps, I think. With..." Wanda gestured around them with her chin, "all of it?"