Saix nodded, faintly, and took his drink from Axel with murmured thanks, before draining all but the last mouthful from his current glass. "Just the usual regulars," Saix answered. A couple of Akatsuki who were local were in and out, but for the most part it was quieter than usual. "Xigbar has been here longer than I have." He was starting to think that Xigbar lived under the bar.

"I have not," he added, slightly pointedly though with a tiny flicker of a smirk, "been drinking all day, regardless of what Xigbar may have told you. I'm not about to turn into him."