Francis nodded along, "I agree those are very nice names."
That was suspicious but he shrugged. "I guess it would depend. He'd have had to owe them quite a lot. Hopefully your brother or this not brother is only doing it for a little while. Laying low as we scoundrels call it." He offered her a smile and noticed her playing with the water.

He looked away at the question. "I met him because he was looking to drink. And I used half of his coins to drink myself since I had no money. I honestly didn't know he'd get drunk so quickly. But I ask you to be gentle about it. Some people drink to celebrate or they consider it fun with friends. But most people drink because something is wrong and we want to forget it for just a little while. Usually because we don't have answers yet how to fix it. Some people never find the answers." He shrugged helplessly.