[ Take good company where you can get it, right? Amos is a fairly detached person overall, able to absorb the loss of loved ones and move on. It's made adjusting to another world little more than a bump in the road for him — but good company is good company, and there's a certain appreciation to go with that.

But they're both Exalts, so Amos would figure that's as intuitive to Vander as it is for him — even if they apparently differ as far as drink choices go.

Amos' eyebrows go up at Vander's answer, cocking his head slightly at the drink in his hand. ]

Think I've been serene more often than not. [ Serene — that'd be one word for the emptiness he usually feels, a defence mechanism to prevent him from feeling anything worse. A beat, and, a little quieter, ] Might not be a bad thing, getting it artificially, if that's what it really does. Y'know. If you need it.