"I've came to you for many reasons. Putting all but the most important to one side I'm here because I believe you when you say you will help those who need it. I'm not attempting any form of flattery here you understand it's just, considering the many people who'd rather kill me to deal with the problems I've been having lately, I've had to be as sure as I can who to ask for help.
I don't want to unnecessarily burden you with my problems and what problems they themselves come with so I'm going to show you something. Strictly under the condition that, if it's understandably something you want to stay as far away from as possible, say so and I'm gone.
Otherwise I'll tell you everything I know and give you all I've got to verify my story. I'm taking a big risk here but if I'm going to see further where each path at this crossroads leads . . . I need to trust someone and hope they can trust me. Whether or not that's you? That . . . is the question."
The seated figure then purposefully drinks from the offered glass, carefully and deliberately places the glass back on the table then, after pausing for a moment, reaches up then puts something down beside the glass. If he wasn't facing the Doc with his back to the mythical fourth wall the casual observer would know more than that. As it is . . . only Doc Holliday has seen what the anonymous man has shown him.
