The former is...difficult. Unless I make an effort. [ If he ever looked to alcohol as an escape, that time was long in the past. Now he usually treated it as a conspicuous reminder of his wealth and power, with this current situation most definitely being an outlier.

The goat thing only gets a raised eyebrow. ] Willingly or unwillingly? And would you count any domesticated animal of similar shape?

[ There's an undercurrent to the conversation that is almost dangerously sharp. ]