The things any of them went through for anything. Drinks were only one of the things that were made significantly more irritating by the rules that had been set in place. Worse still that he was so out of place for more than one reason. But as he technically hadn't been breaking any of the laws, they'd rather grudgingly let him in.

"Persistence," Rinzler answered after another moment or so of silence. It wasn't exactly like there were a lot of other places he could go, so he'd simply kept at it until at last they hadn't had a choice but to let him in.