Why did he stop laughing so quickly? How weird. But she was too out of it and vaguely tired to care about a small detail. What really counted was that he didn't move away and he was comfy.

"Also, great hair. Add that in." Her voice was beyond thick with sleep, and she did her best to fight it off and forced her eyes to open. "Thanks. You're sort of ... I mean, definitely the first friend I've made here." In Gilead, Nariko counted as a friend but it was far more complicated than that, another reason that she couldn't quite declare them an-tet in any manner. "I want to eat more chicken tomorrow."

She was so, so very drunk.