"The bar runs the hotel." She gives him an indulgent and small smile. It's all right: he's been very nice to her. If he wants to make a little joke, that seems fair by now. After all, she just cried all over him.

Her mother would be scandalized.

"So I just... check in at the bar if I want to stay?"

It's ridiculous, she knows. Any time now, reality is welcome to return. She would like that very much.