[Mr. Conversation has a knife. why is she not surprised by that? Jan wonders if she should reevaluate her approach to this guy, perhaps be more wary. he's clearly a dangerous dude, if the fact he introduced himself by telling her he got his ass beat in some dramatic family fight hadn't clued her in. is he in a gang, wherever he's from? probably.

but... no. she can't help but feel like she knows how to deal with this particular Hazard Number One. she feels comfortable with him. "I don't really know dick about wine" sounds like something she'd say.]

Here I was thinking you were a lawyer. Drinkin' all fancy with dinner.

[lawyers definitely get in knife fights.]