"What--" Oh. Oh. "That isn't at all what I meant! I would most certainly never take any sort of advantage of anyone--and I'm still arguing with a drunkard." That figured. On part with his life right now. Sometimes a drink did feel like a really good idea. "Fine, I can leave you like this, and if some late shift workers pick you up and do whatever gets done to people out late to you, don't say I didn't warn you."

He'd probably just get a wristslap and, as Malcolm offered, deposited in his room, but he didn't know; he didn't do the late night shifts.