[Well, she doesn't seem like she's going to have a panic attack or anything--which he'd be a little worried was a possibility--at least for the moment, so he's willing to let her brush off the topic and turn it back toward him for the moment.
At her comment he glances toward the shot glasses, his still sitting empty on his side of the table, and then looks back at Maketh. There's two true answers to why he isn't drinking, but he's not sure which to tell.
The main one--the first one--is probably best, for a few reasons, so he gives a small shrug as he explains.]
Last time I drank more than a beer or a shot or whatever, my friend and I really overdid it and passed out. Two of my friends--his twin sisters--um...
[Had gone missing, had been involved in an accident. Or at least that's what they'd all believed until the night before arriving in Hadriel.]
They disappeared. We didn't even know until we woke up a few hours later to the rest of the group freaking out.
[There's some peace in knowing Beth and Hannah are both at rest now, but not enough to counter the memories of his friend's panicked explanations, and the look on Josh's face when he found out the twins had gone missing. Chris' gaze is fixed on the shot glasses again, though his voice is still steady.]
I mean, if we hadn't been drunk and had gone after them we'd probably just all be dead, since we know now that they were attacked by a wendigo. But I just, um... Getting drunk kind of lost it's appeal, after that.
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At her comment he glances toward the shot glasses, his still sitting empty on his side of the table, and then looks back at Maketh. There's two true answers to why he isn't drinking, but he's not sure which to tell.
The main one--the first one--is probably best, for a few reasons, so he gives a small shrug as he explains.]
Last time I drank more than a beer or a shot or whatever, my friend and I really overdid it and passed out. Two of my friends--his twin sisters--um...
[Had gone missing, had been involved in an accident. Or at least that's what they'd all believed until the night before arriving in Hadriel.]
They disappeared. We didn't even know until we woke up a few hours later to the rest of the group freaking out.
[There's some peace in knowing Beth and Hannah are both at rest now, but not enough to counter the memories of his friend's panicked explanations, and the look on Josh's face when he found out the twins had gone missing. Chris' gaze is fixed on the shot glasses again, though his voice is still steady.]
I mean, if we hadn't been drunk and had gone after them we'd probably just all be dead, since we know now that they were attacked by a wendigo. But I just, um... Getting drunk kind of lost it's appeal, after that.