"If that is how you do it, I'll be along and help you. I suppose a little flask with usca in wouldn't come amiss in the coldest part of the night, too," Asar-Suti said.

He nibbled a lebkuchen, sighed, and looked at Gil a bit guiltily. Well, not guilty as such, but expecting a displeased reaction. "Something else is going to happen that night as well."