[Wynd]

Bowery and Kenkuroi flailed around in the water, Bowery taken wholly by surprise but his kero thankfully left on the more-or-less dry bar, until the Nexian pulled himself together and threw Kenkuroi off of him. Ken lay sprawled on the water, half-submerged, when Bowery offered him a hand, so long as the kid stopped trying to fight him.

Bowery spat the grimy water out of his mouth and said, "Look, kid, don't lose any sleep over it. Who knew you could throw an axe like that? We've all got problems, problems, problems. You can't lose your head over it. Drink something. Take a ride with Psamathe -- she'll make you forget everything. Just don't air it all out in front of everybody, mate."

He hauled Kenkuroi up, half-elf willing, to the bar. Robarthes, lightly misted in Kenkuroi's beer-spray, offered up an ouzo to calm the half-elf's nerves, lit a Kyriazi Adelphi and handed it to him.

"Okay, so you're not into the kero tonight. Maybe you can help me with this, though. Somebody down at the Parampoulous sold me these, called it 'bloodcandy,' told me I'd feel great. But I tried it and it didn't do a thing," said Bowery, and placed a damp leather cloth on the bar. He opened it up to reveal a half dozen black crystals of chalky substance. "I don't know if it's just me or if the creep screwed me. Try one."

Phillip of Daltina took a look at the crystals, "I tried those once, somebody had them at school in Zinn'Sunn. Except they were yellow. Didn't do a thing to me, but that bard who had them lost his head on something. And could he ever play, man, he had it."

Psamathe had stepped over to Bowery, her dirty cloak abandoned agained, and was whispering something in his ear. Something along the lines of, "Get that... Kai--? Was in here the other day."