Both the answer and the abrupt chug of her drink, downed all in one go, have him leaning back in surprise, eyes widening as his mind tries to play catch-up with everything just thrown at him. It doesn't take too long - his mind's always been sharp, a byproduct of operating as the Herrscher of Reason for so long - but his body's slowed down with age, and it takes a few seconds before his shoulders are relaxing again as one arm reaches out to flag down their bartender for the night.
For a glass of water, it turns out, which he slides over to her. ]
And yet you downed an unfamiliar drink with seemingly little regard to the consequences. You could have saved that experience for something more enjoyable.
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Both the answer and the abrupt chug of her drink, downed all in one go, have him leaning back in surprise, eyes widening as his mind tries to play catch-up with everything just thrown at him. It doesn't take too long - his mind's always been sharp, a byproduct of operating as the Herrscher of Reason for so long - but his body's slowed down with age, and it takes a few seconds before his shoulders are relaxing again as one arm reaches out to flag down their bartender for the night.
For a glass of water, it turns out, which he slides over to her. ]
And yet you downed an unfamiliar drink with seemingly little regard to the consequences. You could have saved that experience for something more enjoyable.