She had worded her sentence so carefully. Julian let an eyebrow raise before he felt his lip twerk up just a hint in the corner. He waved it off though as he looked her up and down. "Human, right? I don't want to assume. You could be something other than human but your scent and appearance tells me that you're likely a human. I would feel very ashamed if I was incorrect and you turned out to be a short eared elf or the like, but," he eyed her again before giving a nod, "yeah, I'm going to go with human. So, perhaps you have beef back there?" He said, his eyes peering past her and into the kitchen area behind the bar. One of the many things he took pleasure in was the sampling of food from different realms. He found beef to be a good one along with kadric, a long angel fish that flew through the skies of Adrion. That fish was downright heavenly when cooked properly. Get the meat flakey with just a hint of spices and you could die just to taste it again. Just the thought of the fish had his mouth watering. "What happened to your chef? Did he run off with a waitress?" He idly dug his initials into the bar top, watching as his marks sealed back up over and over again. He peered up at the barkeep before he frowned fiercely. "I just realized. I don't know your name." He straightened before he extended his hand out to her for a friendly shake. "My name is Julian Kar, phoenix extraordinaire, at your service. And you would be?"