[at least sylvain can get a laugh out of it, something that makes sizhui smile faintly in kind. he can imagine how silly his face looked there for a minute, but in his defense, it really is a strong drink. smells far better than it tastes, too.

he doesn't say anything immediately, waiting for sylvain to get a taste before he decides to judge too harshly; it's not the worst thing he's drank, let's be real, he's had some strange things throughout his world-hopping adventures, but this one is pretty low on the rung of things he'd willingly try again (for now).]

Ah, yes, that's a great comparison. [especially because he's actually had some liquors and they are also definitely ranked low.

sizhui plucks up the sugar packets, offering a couple out to sylvain.] Perhaps these first? It's just sugar, so we can kind of get an idea of what it might taste like with that and then decide if it needs to be, ah, less bold.