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[He isn't entirely certain whether to be offended by that or not. After all, he's no longer the stick in the mud he once was. Still, there's a bit of a line to be drawn between "responsible hero behavior" and "things one might expect more of a degenerate vagrant" and drinking oneself into senselessness in a less than reputable establishment falls firmly into the latter category.]

I think I beg to differ, but that aside...

[That aside...what, exactly? Gene doesn't seem to know any more than he does about what's going on. In fact, he seems to know less. Ringabel sighs and crosses his arms. So much for intelligence gathering.]