Well, since Bert was still entirely capable of throwing her into a proverbial sea of embarrassment that materialized as a bright red flush on her cheeks, Kaine figured he was fine. She disappeared briefly to get the bottle and simply put it down on the table.

"I'd hate to accidentally throw myself at the wrong person-"

"Oh, I'm sure you'd pick him out just fine, even drunk!" By now Nariko was taking explicit joy in teasing while she dumped some vodka into her tea.

"-So I'm the sober friend today, your new clothes and back will be fine."