Drink another shot of make believe

Bastien raised his eyebrows with a little surprised smirk at the request but complied, remembering his own days as a precocious teenager. Choosing a drink much weaker than what he had poured for himself he made a drink for Edy, spinning the bottle around his hands a couple of times before he put it down, as much to get into his groove as to impress Edy. He passed the drink towards her, leaning back again to sip at his own. "Now have I earned the right to know your name? We are to work together, it would be useful. I might make one up if you don't tell me." As he spoke he watched the bobcat flop about and play and when he had said his piece he knelt down to try and coax it over to pet. Bastien had never been too keen on animals in his past life but now they were a pleasing part of the world that he recognised. BASTIEN This tiresome desire to shock and amaze Perhaps I’ll grow out of it one of these days