God, narration, stop describing Alex's outfit before you've even been told what it is. It's uncanny. And his glasses are prescription, OKAY?
"I'm fine. I just haven't gotten out much."
Roll a d6 for Detect Practiced Lie!
"What about you? ...It looks like you've had fun."
Glancing around the bar. And skipping over the other question. When you live in fear for your life and other things, there are two popular paths as regards alcohol: you can turn to the bottle for guidance and comfort, or you can avoid it completely because tonight might be the night when you need all your wits about you. tl;dr: Alex has mellowed out a bit, but he's still an infrequent boozer.
FIRST THERE WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OBEYING THE MOOOOOON
"I'm fine. I just haven't gotten out much."
Roll a d6 for Detect Practiced Lie!
"What about you? ...It looks like you've had fun."
Glancing around the bar. And skipping over the other question. When you live in fear for your life and other things, there are two popular paths as regards alcohol: you can turn to the bottle for guidance and comfort, or you can avoid it completely because tonight might be the night when you need all your wits about you. tl;dr: Alex has mellowed out a bit, but he's still an infrequent boozer.