Brandon stood by himself at the far end of the lounge and watched the surprising scene in front of him. Mip7 returned from the bar with a large tray full of Redflower-20 tubes and distributed them to all except the two Dirg shuttle pilots. When the tray was empty, Mip7 proposed a toast to celebrate the truce. Olut6, unfortunately, had been called away from the peace talks at the last minute on some kind of military emergency, so was not present.
Belle-ub was the first to swallow his drink. The Dirgs watched and waited for the Latians to take theirs first, but all eventually drank the Redflower-20, symbolically sealing the peace agreement.
Brandon had never known a Sheen to be an enthusiastic drinker before. Sheen approached alcohol with more of a medical reverence, from Brandon’s experie
