Snippet #1675894

Ali gave him a nod.
"I'm not due back on duty for a while and I would rather not go back just yet," she said in answer to his surprised question. "A drink sounds quite good about now."
She gestured for him to lead the way, falling into step behind. This could have been deemed as an action of respect or simply that Ali's lack of experience in bars, except to removed Jayce from them, was limited.
"Jayce asked me once why the soldiers don't have a bar in a barracks," she said casually. "After all, they all spend much of their free time in them."
She paused, following him.
"I said that it was because the whole point of going to a bar was to get off base. That and I said even the Royal's couldn't afford the amount of alcohol needed."
She didn't mean this as a joke, and her tone said so, though Jayce had laughed when she'd spoken the words.
"But why do we not have such a place?" she asked. "Soldiers go to bars and cause a nuisance. Whilst it would be unpleasant to see it close to home, I cannot deny it would perhaps be less of an embarrassment if the public did not see the actions I have seen."