Linden laughs, seeming surprised that he threw both of them back. They're both going down this hole together, it looks like, and even though they're enabling each other worrisomely, it's a lot more comforting than getting drunk "socially" while really being quite alone.

"The drunker I am, the less picky I am about my alcohol. Which... is really a recipe for disaster when you think about it," he says wryly.