The smack 'a 'Ri's glass bangin' down on the table startles me some, though I was half expectin' it, and she dint really bang it down like she would 'f she was real angry.

“If you’ve never had anything pierced, you don’t have to drink,” Jarmyn says t'me, which is a bit 'v a relief, and he laughs at my thing. “There aren’t any Aeresteade bastards running around out there as far as I know,” he jokes, which ain't what I asked but whatever.

'Ri ain't comin' up with anythin', but I shake my head t'his question. "No, I dunt drink hard liquor much. I wouldn't know what t'ask for."