This breach in propriety goes straight to Kuai's delicate sense of honor. But to hell with it right now.

"I doubt they're aware enough to make any judgement." He shakes his head, the spirits made little sense even at the best of times. For every time he thinks he's starting to understand them, there'll be some new horrible turn of events like the Aurora that reminds him he knows nothing about how they operate.

"Are you drinking to remember? Or to forget?"