Grantaire has developed a distrust for whiskey. Ah, but that is inaccurate, and unfair to the drink. He has developed a distrust for whiskey drinkers and he makes a point of regarding the stranger at the bar with a healthy amount of suspicion. This does not stop him from taking a seat beside him and after a moment of internal debate he elects an ale, wraps his lips around the bottle, and looks at the man beside him as he drink.

He does not drink the whiskey with the same control that Tom had. This man throws himself into it like someone who needs it, this is not drinking done as a pleasurable past time. Grantaire relaxes.

"Save yourself some time and demand the whole bottle."