....Ah. Well, I guess that I am seventeen, and that that's considered old enough to drink in plenty enough places. So alright, I'll have a drink with you!
[T-this isn't him trying to play it cool after kneejerk over-reacting in the completely wrong direction, b-baka!! (It totally is.) IV is so used to half the world, especially adults, watch his every action with hawk eyes and be ready to jump at him for the smallest infringing of what anybody may consider 'proper' that he's become somewhat paranoid with those things.
Not because he cares about his own reputation, but because any misstep might reflect back badly on his family. And he cares about them.]
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[T-this isn't him trying to play it cool after kneejerk over-reacting in the completely wrong direction, b-baka!! (It totally is.) IV is so used to half the world, especially adults, watch his every action with hawk eyes and be ready to jump at him for the smallest infringing of what anybody may consider 'proper' that he's become somewhat paranoid with those things.
Not because he cares about his own reputation, but because any misstep might reflect back badly on his family. And he cares about them.]