Hm? [In that brief pause, the Medicine Seller pulled his gaze away from the bar to focus on Maxwell instead, taking a moment to quietly appraise the other man.] Ah. My apologies. It is after all, a very good spot.

[For all that the word 'apologies' was in there, he didn't even sound vaguely apologetic. Amused, perhaps, but not at all sorry, nor did he seem perplexed or vexed when the other man took a seat beside him. In fact, he did well to move just a little to the side to better accommodate any arm room the other man might need on the table.]

I suppose I have done very little to hide that fact, haven't I? Yes. I've only arrived within the past day.

Then you, I would say, are not? Surely though, not a local.