Ash and Max stopped by a cheap place where they could get a drink before they headed toward the location of the event.
They eventually ended up at the new location for the event that was being held in a similar setting to the previous one.
The location was not the same since it usually moved around from one location to the next to avoid them being easy to predict for others who were uninvited or would want to shut them down for good.
As she interacted with Max, the more small things she noticed about him.
If it was before then perhaps she would never have looked carefully enough.
There were too many times when she avoided looking at others and looked away from them.
It happened a lot and it usually happened most of the time when she made eye contact with others or when they were paying attention to her.
Ash often felt uncomfortable when making eye contact with others or when she was aware that she was being looked at by others.