the wine of friendship

"If you're sure, then." He still felt asking Jigano to make a whole new book just to help him read was a big request, but if it would really help, he didn't know if he could afford to turn it down. "You're prolly right. Most of them spent their time boozing and bullying anyway...there were a couple smart ones. I knew this one guy...Navy Captain. Really posh background and all that, genuinely really fucking smart with books. Though..." Adam snorted. "Still couldn't work out how to stop me blackmailing regular hundreds out of his ass." It seemed Jigano had never seen the sea. As someone who'd always lived within at most a couple hours journey from it, at least until he'd come here, this was hard for Adam to wrap his head around. "Uhh...well, it's big. So big you can't see all of it at once. And...powerful. Y'know when you're stood in the sea that if it wanted to it could just pick you up and toss you out and you'd be dead. But it's also...really pretty. Especially at sunset." He cringed and wrinkled up his nose at the idea of practising art. He didn't like working on things he wasn't good at much; with the reading as well it would be too much for the moment. "A fae, huh...? I don't wanna take away anyones business...and how much leeway do I get with your hair? Is a razor allowed to come anywhere near any of it?" Adam asked with a wicked grin. A D A M Do you wanna dance? Do you wanna fight? Do you wanna get drunk and stay the night?