[Taking a swig of the beer, he was sure it couldn't be the strongest drink in the house, but it would do. He probably shouldn't get too drunk right now after all.

Besides, now he had the attention of the barmaid, he could start getting some answers.]

Luceti, huh? I've never heard of it... But if you're not a local then where did you wander in from? You must have come from somewhere.

[Assuming she did wander in of course. Or did she just get thrown here like himself? If they were in the same predicament, maybe she'd learned a thing or two about the situation after a year of living here.]