Aznimal nodded and took another sip. All that remained of the Bloody Mary was a little pool on the bottom of the glass. It would have to suffer a bit, he wasn't going to throw the glass back to try coaxing out the last few drips of the drink.
Yet.
A few seconds seemed like a good enough wait before going after the rest of the drink. It looked so lonely just sitting at the bottom of the glass. So lonely and-
No, he didn't want to look like a boozehound. A minute or two would be a nice reasonable, sane wait.
Nice, reasonable, sane and mind bendingly long...
drink me aznimal, drink me, let me be one with the bloody mary in your stomach. plz? plzplzplzplzplz? puppy face, yummy tomato-vodka yumminess puppy face. you can feel me lingering on your tongue aznimal, you know you want the rest of me running down your tongue.
c'mon.
c'-mon.
Half a minute was as good as a full minute. It was twenty-eight seconds longer than his initial two second wait. Thirty seconds was every bit as cultured and mild mannered as a full minute was, especially compared to two seconds. Thirty > two, thirty = a-ok fine goodness. Aznimal tilted the glass back and let the little pool run down the side and into his mouth. It was just as divine as the first sip.
No more drink worship, he was trying to have a conversation. Come to think of it, he probably spent the last half minute looking warily at the dregs of the Bloody Mary. Ugh, that wasn't good. Aznimal decided to jump back into the conversation, shouldn't be too hard, he was listening to Æana and Alison. They were talking about something and Æana just said she didn't like the way beer tasted.
"Beer is disgusting. It's the only kind of alcohol that makes you feel like it can kill you before you get a hangover," he laughed a little. God, his breath smelled like Bloody Mary. If only he could lick his words, ah that would be wonderful. "Mixed drinks are better, they're stronger but they're palatable. Speaking of drinks," he fished around in his pocket and put some more silver coins on the bar. "I'll have another Bloody Mary, you want another drink Æana?"
