"Tonight we might need to just stick with the wine, the first time I drank properly I had to try a glass of every type of alcohol we could get our hands on and the next morning was rough." The next morning was her having to be supported as she bent double over the railing of a ship, someone clutching her hair out of her face as she cried and swore and heaved.

At least most of the food here is stodgy, perfect for soaking up booze.

"Remind me to actually find out what normal lyrium is Korrin," she says, aiming for casual because she doesn't need the lesson tonight when it might leak out of her brain. "And honey wine is delicious, so long as you remember that when it's sweet, you don't taste the alcohol. Is there any specific that your clan do indulge in? Say, how Korrin's folk have Maaras-Lok and my own have rum and brandy."