Philip has invested a lot of time and effort into shoving the subject of Daniel's guilt and responsibility into the darkest corner of his mind and covering it up with vivid portraits of a friendly Daniel, a harmless Daniel.

It's not a state of mind that's going to last, not for somebody like him, but for now, at this very moment he's ignoring the issue to perfection and doesn't for one second realise what his question mightshouldcould imply, other than mansion-prescribed perversion.

So he merely grins at Daniel's response, taking a sip from his glass. He has grand plans to play in Daniel's league of crunk tonight, but at least for now he can still wrap his head around a few more mature concerns, such as the question of what three days of binge drinking might do to your body if you're not careful.

"So how long've you been going at it? ...Drinking, I mean."