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Lively is what I like ta hear! Would be in a pub drinkin' and dancin' back home on a night like this, celebratin' tha new year's coming. Plenty of songs ta be had with a pint or two.

Perhaps. Tha song speaks of fond things and those are nice ta remember once in a while.

You would like the festivals. Many drink too much wine and sing in the streets.

[Then there are the plays and the honoring of various deities.]

I think we carry our pasts with us daily whether we choose to think about them or not.

Ah, it sounds like a universal constant then. A bit like home. Lovely.

That may or may not be so fer each individual, but no sense dwellin' on tha bad things. Not fer a celebration! Let's save tha philosophy debates fer another time. Don't have nearly enough drink in me fer that tonight.

Everyone probably marks significant moments somehow. [At least their cultures celebrate instead of mourn.]

Is it the drink that's made you so happy? I do like hearing you like this, my friend.

Oh, I haven't had that much ta drink yet. [He chuckles.] Just enjoyin' tha moment I suppose.

I'm glad. What is your drink of choice? [Not that he is a drinker himself.]

A good Irish whiskey if I'm bein' choosy. Anything will do in a pinch.

I have never tasted whiskey, but I have had wine.

And if there's some ta be found, would ya have a cup with me?

I would be honored. I take it the brew is strong?

It's certainly stronger than wine. A good one will kick ya in yer teeth if ya ain't prepared.

I wonder if it will have an effect on me?

[He chuckled.] There a reason ta think it won't, lad?

[He seemed to shrug off the question though and continue anyway.]

Only one sure-fire way ta find out.

I am under a curse. My body works on a basic level, but I am not as I was.

[He is only mostly dead!]

True.

Ah. I see.

[That explained a few things. Also left him with more questions.]

Well, let's find out.

Ask your Warden for assistance if you can't find any on your own.

[Ah, he sees how it is.]

I can find some, but that wasn't tha question. [He made a soft thoughtful noise.] Not interested then?

What was the question? I thought we were decided. [He had said he would be honored to join him, no?]

So did I. [His voice was darker now, an undercurrent of annoyance in his tone.]

I want to share a drink with you. I just don't know what I would ask for? Can you give me some names of whiskey?

[Somewhat mollified, but still a little insulted.]

I can. But do ya think I'd ask without havin' somethin' ta offer?

Oh you have some? I didn't know. I'm sorry. [Zichen isn't the best at communicating.]

[Would it be easier to have Zichen get it? Yes. But the assumption--worse, the telling of him to go to his warden--was insulting and scratched on a raw nerve of his. He was like a dog with his hackles raised now, ready to bark at the next suspicious sound.]

Of course I'd be prepared. Only fools go in on a whim.

[Pride is something that was strangled from Song Zichen years ago. He forgets that others haven't been so...humbled. To put it nicely.]

Where should I meet you?

Tha garden will do fer a change in scenery.

[He hardly ever goes there but it could be nice for a companionable sit and a drink.]

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