Estinien glanced over at the couple and snorted, wondering how Aymeric enjoyed being the object of such attentions--he remembered very clearly what things had been like when he first regained consciousness after the battle with Nidhogg, and how Aymeric had hardly left his bedside.

He turned back to Sun Spear as he took several gulps of his own beer. "I think you'd have to fight the nurses to even get me out. I wouldn't discount their needles."

After a moment, he addressed his group at large. "Leave it to Aymeric to nearly go down playing hero." Even as his thoughts flashed to Haurchefant, Estinien ignored them--things had, thankfully, not ended that way with Aymeric. This time.