Ah, I find my strength in doing things I'm certain will be annoying and yet completely satisfactory to myself, so I suppose that fault of mine is to blame for this evening going as splendidly as it has so far.

[ He gives a half-hearted little shrug before indicating to Daan that he'd like whatever he had earlier, and comes away with a warmed cherry brandy. ]

Did you catch my earlier performance, by the way? I didn't happen to catch when you snuck in here.