[It's bizarre, certainly, but also fascinating. She waits until he's taken the bottle to back off a step and allow him more room to resituate himself as she shifts the conversation topic to something other than his appearance]

I checked the news just before I left...so far the police are still scattered around the disaster site and not setting up any perimeters, so we should be safe to leave...

Did the person coming with us give you an estimate of when to expect them?