Ayato. [ he pours them both some wine. ] Ayato. [ as if saying his name a second time is going to be enough to convince him. ] It'll be fine. I'll be fine. [ a smile to match his confidence as he slides a glass across the table to his friend. ] Let's start with the wine and then we can move to this 'stronger stuff'. I can hold my liquor pretty well. [ no he fucken can't, lol. ]

Y- Yes, actually. Did you go to it too? We, er, Mehrak managed to find some treasure there while Alhaitham and I were busy dealing with the Octocat problem... and when we finally tried to leave this little guy followed us. We had scared his family off, so I think that's why he tried to tail us, so I stuck around and tried to see if they'd come back... but they didn't. Eventually I gave up and... now he's ours.