He returns the smile. Whether it works or not (and he certainly hopes it does), at the very least they’d have themselves a good time here. Hythlodaeus seems like a pretty decent fellow, and Vander’s glad for the opportunity to maybe get to know him a little better.

“Well, I spent a good few years running a bar back home,” he says, drumming his fingers idly alongside his glass as he speaks. “Had a pretty good community going around it. Got half a mind to give that another go here.”