Ah. Yes, he did seem in need of consoling after what he thought Delta did. I...suppose that's a very good reason to drink. That one I can understand. I hope not to touch any of the less pleasant ones...to avoid that kind of fate.

[There's brief guilt he feels, and he reaches over to pet the purring furball.] You can talk to me, too. So I don't dominate this conversation with...bloody bullshit.