"If it's not too much trouble, might I have a hot cocoa if they serve these here? If not, a glass of water should suffice. And thank you, Robyn. Not a lot of people show the courtesy of even speaking to me these days." Clarissa smiled. She was definitely liking this woman a lot more than she thought she would, which just accentuated the lesson her parents had drilled into her when she was small; 'der Schein trügt', which roughly translated to the English 'don't judge a book by it's cover'.