It took great, great resolve to actually take the bottle in a controlled and sane sort of manner.

"Entirely too close," Nathan agreed. And then he allowed himself to take a long pull of whiskey. "There was an assault taking place on the dorms while we were storming the priest's lair. Every day, the radio read off the names of the casualties."

He didn't need to add that it was a nightmare. Tyler probably knew that first-hand.