Ingrid is focused on running down the list of questions she doesn't notice when someone else joins them at the bar.

When she hears the throat cleared, she initially assumes she's been holding up the line, only to discover a familiar face when she turns to apologize.

"Mercedes! It's a relief to see a familiar face." Not to mention a friendly one; fast friends from their days at the Officer's Academy...and fellow turncoats as soldiers in the Adrestian army.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting long." The tavernkeeper passes Ingrid her own drink, which she takes. After all, Mercedes already has one of her own.