[Alex just laughs softly, and waves to get the baristia's attention, gesturing to both her and Skye's cups. There's something to be said about being a regular here and also being a good tipper. (And probably just being nice to the workers in general and knowing their names. They also know Alex will always settle up after.]

Well, if it helps there definitely wasn't a Dr. Evil. It was just a thing that happened when you shared particular flowers with someone. I think they're generally pretty big here on wanting you to get your actual feelings out and not hiding them behind a facade, so there's a fair amount of those sorts of things. Which sucks to hear about, I know, but I also think it's better to know them to just get sort of randomly smacked with them one day.

[Which is pretty much what happened with Alex, of course, when she'd gotten here and been semi-convinced that none of this was real.]