[ The nudge went unreturned this time, Kyoko only looking more glum. ]

If he was gonna walk out, it was because of me. Sorry. [ It's not like she couldn't tell at all. ] But there's no way drinking is the most basic part of who Cliff is. And since we're not giving him liquor whether we have any or not, he's gonna have to have some other reason to visit.

[ She's also kinda skeptical that there's no problem to enable here, given how easily Cliff had gotten defensive about how he knew better than to get wasted with strangers--but it's hard to make an argument on that front when Kaito clearly knows him better. ]