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Oh, a wildcat indeed! A drinker and a rebel. Damiyan liked her already! Still, something must be the matter if she was so upset. Damiyan swirled his beer in the mug, examining it as if it contained the answers to life's most meaningful questions. To him, however, it just looked like delicious beer. With a shrug, he knocked back the rest of his brew and set the glass down loudly, making an exaggerated noise of satisfaction.

"Bill! Th' mot canna mount such a rock on 'er own, c'n she? I'll fancy a necker m'self! I dunno wha'fer th' party, bu' I'm not one ter let a digger slip me nose!" He held the bartenders gaze for a moment, a slight grin on his face. Finally, Bill relented and produced another bottle from behind the counter. Damiyan cooed in delight, eyeing the deep, dark blue sloshing around in the bottle.

"Bill! Ye been secret'n th' good stuff from me? Ye dirty coiner! Gimme gimme gimme!" Damiyan reached greedily across the counter, only to moan in despair as the bartender yanked the bottle away from his grasp.

"You pay up front this time, Damiyan. Last time you split before I could get your chit, you were so drunk." Growling in defeat, the miner pulled a credit chit out of his pocket and forked it over to the bartender, resisting slightly as the older man pried it out of his hands. Astral Cobalt liquor was the rarest, most expensive booze in the system, and it was going to cost him his entire credit line to drink it, but he'd rather be broke than pass up the chance to savor it again. It could be his last time in a while.

Bill charged his card and returned it, though the plastic rectangle was now useless until he could replenish his funds. Still, the greatest liquor ever created was now in his grasp. Damiyan popped the top and deeply inhaled the vapors, which caused him to cough violently.

"Say, mot...Have y'ever tangled wiv Astral Cobalt afore? S'th' best rockjuice in th' system! I'd be goodhearted ter let ye have a taste, if ye feel up to it? I flare ye, tho. This necker alone c'n power a Blackrunner." He poured himself a shot and watched the glass fizzle as the potent liquor tried to escape. Taking a deep breath, Damiyan tossed the shot into the back of his mouth and swallowed as quickly as he could. Immediately, he felt as if a pair of suns winked into existence in his stomach, and was almost instantly drunk.