Nathan didn't mind a little rambling at the best of times, he wasn't going to be bothered by it now, and certainly not after he'd drank as much alcohol as he just had.

"As is mine," he decided. "I don't think I appreciated how bad other places might actually have fallen until showing up here. And I appreciate it now more than ever before."

He wasn't allowed to reach for the bottle back.

"The gremlins helped, too."