Nel waved a hand dismissively, "I don't expect to get you hammered and hooked up with some pretty and stupid mistake," she said, much too cheerily to be believed, "but out of the Palace would be a start."

In truth, she'd quite like to see what Even was like if he was tiddly and chatted up by a person of his preference. She'd have said man of his tastes, but clearly Even was more complicated. It would be interesting to see if he leaned more towards men or women under the influence, though.