"Second biggest lush. No, somehow that doesn't have nearly the same ring. Are you sure? Maybe the two of you could have a contest, settle it for once and for all?" He was wondering if he was about to be smacked, not that he wouldn't deserve it.

"Damn. There goes my clever plan to get you fully intoxicated and rifle through your belt pouches while you're sacked out in the bottom of the boat. I was so sure I'd find something incriminating, too." He dropped the belt off to the side, brushed his fingers over hers, and returned them to the lacing he could feel. "Now let's pray I don't pull knots into these instead of out of them since I can't see what I'm doing."