Okita's low spirits plummeted as his money disappeared into the mud, brown water pooling to make finding anything in it impossible. With the woman's offer to buy him a drink, he quickly seized on the opportunity. Looking straight into her eyes he uttered "Deal" and began trudging toward the nearest tavern. For some reason she was also talking to a soldier who was stupidly staring in their direction. He stopped long enough to put in his words, "If your coming 'Private', your buying drinks too." Ignoring any response he drudged toward the tavern again, grunting to the woman to follow.