Is it? That's good to know, I'll save that for later.

[ enough with the tugging, the yanking. he leans back onto their shoulders, now companionable with a slack arm and a broad smile. there's nothing drunk about him, the further he gets from the table where he'd been plyed with beverage after beverage. ]

Will you? Will you really? I'll be on my best behavior, I promise. Where are the best places to get a drink? Inns? Is there anything outside of the city, it looks like it stretches on foreverrrrrrr.

[ now he's just being sly with them, his smile telling enough - a sly little thing, eyes glittering with mischief ]