"That could still be one reason to stop by." She returns his smile, willing to play along with his manner and comfortable enough that he's not going to turn on her to relax her guard slightly—it's a token of something. She's not entirely sure what her own angle is here, cultivating another contact in Islington. She tells herself she could use a friend, but that's an explanation that leaves her suspicious of her own motivations.

It had been easier to figure what Kenzi was to her. Her eyes go to the bar, then to the stage. "I had a few."