"Go to waste?" Liliana asked. "Would you not drink it? Because otherwise I would be providing an invited guest with a refreshment."

She pointed up to the second floor balconies. "If you are truly worried about being underfoot, you're welcome to spend your time up there, watching the goings on here below. But should you do that, I must absolutely insist you bring not only a drink but a plate of snacks as well."

Otherwise she'd had to send some up after him and then how would he feel?