Be happy it's not open-backed, Lily. Then it'd be a very interesting case study. In any event, she chuckles as the woman asks about her opposite. "I go where I please, my dear. Very few things stop that, especially as... volatile as parties like this tend to get, hm? Besides, what self-respecting twenty-something turns down free food?" It's a joke in poor taste, considering Lily gets sizable income from book royalties and Summer takes from the corrupt and keeps for herself. Neither of them is here for the cocktail weenies.

"I'm Rose's partner, not her babysitter. If she wants to stick close, she can, and I'll be happy. If she has other things to do..." She shrugs lightly. "That's her decision. In any event, though, I don't disagree about the clear head thing. Just wondered if you knew. He brought the expensive stuff."

Dropping the act for a moment, she turns more serious, glancing across and up to Lily. "I hear you've had a rough couple of weeks. Keeping it together over there?"