"Not bad." He grins. "Which, of course, could be the antidepressants int the water. It's why beer is generally the safer option."

He spins the lollipop between his fingers.

"I'm not exactly hanging up the banners, but a vivid imagination means I had a number of worse possibilities going on. I hate this sort of place, but it's not my first time dealing with them, and potential drugs aside, there's been a lot less direct brain forking than they often have."