Daud will give it some time, listening to Red and Billie move around outside; when he determines she's not coming in any time soon, he'll eventually make his way out, holding two battered copper mugs filled with what a quick sniff of the air will identify as black tea with honey in.

"If you want whiskey in that, it's inside," he tells her evenly, offering her one mug. He doesn't partake of alcohol himself as a general rule, prone to ordering one drink for show and then never finishing it, but that wasn't the top priority of the previous homeowners.