Audric laughed at that suggestion, as always, full of good humor. "Believe it or not, there was a time I had dirt on everyone in Connlaoth. I still have a few spies tucked away here and there, Arrant, and I'll just pretend I heard it from one of them."
He paused, then, and had to ask, "You're not already drunk are you?" He indicated the cigar. "Seems terribly unlike you."