[Nadine is quick to have another few swallows of wine. No, he's not going to go away. There's nothing else she can do, reasonably speaking.]

I'm happy to tell you stories whenever you'd like.

[That she can do. She knows plenty of them, and a lot of them with much happier endings than the ones shared today. And maybe he'd be willing to share some from his world.]

But for now...I do have to go to work in the real world and I don't want to lose track of time and end up late.

[She finishes her goblet of wine and sets it aside, but before she stands, she leans in to give Jaskier a very quick kiss on the cheek. He'd gone to all this effort, and listened to her, and she doesn't want to send him off thinking there's any sour feelings between them.]

Thank you again for the wine.