It's not a nice-tasting drink. Eames hasn't done anything to hide the bitterness of the herbs, to compensate for the smell of dirt, but it'll do what he said. Soon enough she shouldn't have much more than some bruises and a little swelling to show for her fight with Bill. Part of him thinks he should've left her to suffer, a much larger part of him can't stand to watch her in pain.

"Well there's something I haven't heard before." Not that apologies make it better, but the thing of it is Nancy doesn't seem to understand just how deeply she hurt him. Eames doesn't let people in often, and this is a pretty decent example of why.