While Mary had scolded Edward on occasion for his own overindulgence, she was very much in favor of that sort of thing herself. Moderation was always the key point. It was fine to go out and have some drinks, even get tilted enough to start a fight. But when you woke up with regularity in a haystack or on a table with some unknown face beside you then you know things have been going wrong.

That was the point where vice was clearly something you were getting into to escape something that mattered.

"Hah! Well if I do fly the flag again perhaps I'll have to look you up to be part of my crew. You'd fit right in." She clinked her glass to his and finished her drink with a wink. As she felt the booze wash into her belly she recalled something she saw over a few heads earlier.

"I saw you handing something to Saori before. Got the lass a fair bit red in the cheek. Mind if I ask what it was?" She didn't know what Reno knew about her courting the girl, but she wanted to know if there were any rivals she had to worry about.