Were you hoping to divert attention from that boy by pretending otherwise?
[ Subaru is a little too old, despite his youthful features, to be convinced that someone is more inebriated than they are. At least, not so easily. And not when they admit themselves that what they're drinking isn't at all good for the intended purpose. There are other things he suspects about Jade, and about this situation, but he only lends his voice to this one first.
It's the easiest place to begin. Her reaction will tell him well enough whether he's surmised correctly. Clearly, it must be her home due to familiarity — or at least a place with which she has a certain familiarity none of them do. Able to sense sources of magic as he typically is, the boy caught his attention quickly enough, and yet...
He isn't so ruthless as to act on that knowledge, contest or no. ]
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[ Subaru is a little too old, despite his youthful features, to be convinced that someone is more inebriated than they are. At least, not so easily. And not when they admit themselves that what they're drinking isn't at all good for the intended purpose. There are other things he suspects about Jade, and about this situation, but he only lends his voice to this one first.
It's the easiest place to begin. Her reaction will tell him well enough whether he's surmised correctly. Clearly, it must be her home due to familiarity — or at least a place with which she has a certain familiarity none of them do. Able to sense sources of magic as he typically is, the boy caught his attention quickly enough, and yet...
He isn't so ruthless as to act on that knowledge, contest or no. ]