"It's weakness, first. Sucks everything you got right outta you. Leaves you in a haze. Fucks with your mind." Reno frowned, looking out the window. Shitty view of Midgar. Oh, yes. "Maybe you're all there, at first. But you can't do nothin'. Just drool on yourself an' moan. They got a sayin', if it don't kill you, it'll make you stronger. You gotta add onto that, with mako. If it don't kill you, pray to the Gods it don't leave you with a case of mako poisoning, zoto."

A pause.

"And no, I ain't been crazy enough to get in that close yet. I gotta get a lot more drunk to get in there an' risk gettin' mako sick again, yo."