fun fact: in the chinese, russian, and japanese versions, boothill tells the trailblazer "i love you" at the end of the clockie event. in the english version he says "fudge, it's the fudgin' best"
this makes me more upset than it reasonably should.
(It seems that) She's not quite ready to take (drink) it black.
People who have followed this series may remember that little KC Kaga isn't the first shipgirl who Taisa has had asking Bismarck for black coffee only to find out how bitter it is. That would be Amagi-chan in post #5556416 (later revisited in post #6271145, which also incorporates post #5079833).