"The call that got put out never said anything about blowing buildings up. Stormin' th' place sure. But not explosions."

Or that was how he'd read it, anyway. And as a result, he'd missed a few spur-of-the-moment explosions. Unfortunate, but that was the way things went sometimes and it wasn't really like he could change things.

"But if you want more excuses, I can keep comin' up with them." He'd had more than enough reason to get very good at excuses over the years and saw absolutely no reason to stop now.

Nor did he miss the look that Auron had given them. Apparently he thought there was something to keep an eye out for. Well, he could do that. Drinks or no, Turks were trained to be watchful. He'd just have to be a little more careful for a bit.

But for now, he'd let his drink take his attention.