[ That earned her another chuckle, just as warm and amused, and he pretended to look shocked with his raised eyebrows though the expression was softened by the smile he couldn't shake fully. ]

No? Well, you are not missing out. [ Lucien had tricked him into taking shots often enough for him to know it was a bad idea but apparently never enough times to be able to talk his way out of it. ] Yeah, [ he says as she grimaces, pulling the same face almost out of sympathy, the scrunch in the bridge of his nose just a little more pronounced. ]

Oh, sure. Watch and don't learn. [ Chuckling, he picked up a pair of gold ones, handing one to her and clinking the glasses together before tossing the whole thing back. ] Merde. [ Gustave coughs, shaking his head. ] That one was a little better than the blue. I think.