As happy as I'm ever gonna be

Turning to stare at the Spire, Loren shrugged. ”You might be waiting for a while. We stabilized it pretty well.” Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a flask filled with hard liquor and took a swig, then sat in the grass beside Samuel. The healer held out the flask for the redhead. "Got some poison here, if you'd prefer to go that route." It was a weak joke and a weaker offer. Not looking at the other man, the Launceleyn pulled his knees up to his chest. "Do you want to talk about it?" It came out softly and tentatively, seeing as he almost never preferred to talk about his problems. LOREN Not quite an open book