Bucky opts to sit at the table for now instead of the couch, even if it looks inviting as it is in front of that warm fireplace. He hates being cold now, after Siberia, and this place has the sort of cozy warmth that can lull you into safety. He isn't willing to go that far but he can see where it'd be easy to trust Merlan.

If she does magic as she says, though, trusting her could be a good or bad thing. Bad things sometimes come in good packages.

"Figure out I take it black, huh?"