You're exactly right. That's the important thing. [ See? Optimism! And then a thought occurs to him. ] You make it yourself, right? How do you do it? I wanted to learn how to cook some stuff and surely I can't mess up fermented rice... Right?

[ A part of him kinda wanted to get back on the topic about the Empire and impending doom and all that, but he also wanted to not go down another depressing rabbit hole. It was like he said himself. Drink today, worry tomorrow. Something like that. ]