It has to be. [ the meat and onions are corralled onto a plate. kaveh sifts through another cabinet to find two bowls for the rice, and then balances all three along his arms with the aplomb of someone who's been to and successfully earned a degree from architecture school.

the dishes slide onto the table. ] My argument on this point is sophist in nature. If alcohol is capable of ruining lives, then it follows that there had to have existed a life worth ruining. Ergo, the life is worth living without alcohol.

[ and then kaveh looks. ] But it'd be significantly less fun! There was a man on the device who sampled every beer this place had. Can you imagine that being the first thing you do upon arriving? But somehow, it's not even out of the question. They've innovated more than just the elements of the city that we can see.