Dōjima could respect that. She was just going to. Um. Stay on the other side of any table or other furniture in the room, until she was drunk enough to forget why she never wanted to look him in the face ever ever again.

"Sake," she answered, holding up the bottles. "Japanese wine. Absolutely fantastic stuff, but it has to be drunk within 2 or 3 hours after opening for the best flavor, which makes it a most excellent party-booze."