[At the laugh, Geralt gives Ben a bit of a surprised look. It figured that a point of detail would be the thing to give Ben some backbone. Well, that's what Geralt wants. Ben's status is creeping closer and closer to 'protect' because he's so plainly harmless. Witchers, after all, aren't enemies of all monsters, just the kind that feed on peasant children and roam the countryside eating livestock and causing havoc.]
Spirits? Magical drinks make sense for non-humans. What are they enchanted with?
[There's no such thing as an alcohol-content test in Geralt's time, so making hard liquor is extremely dangerous. For one thing, the whole distillation setup is likely to catch fire. For another, it's easy to create alcohol that's too powerful, or of the wrong type, and therefore be poisoned or go blind from drinking it. Therefore, distilled liquor is a precious potion-base produced in quantities too small to drink for pleasure.]
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Spirits? Magical drinks make sense for non-humans. What are they enchanted with?
[There's no such thing as an alcohol-content test in Geralt's time, so making hard liquor is extremely dangerous. For one thing, the whole distillation setup is likely to catch fire. For another, it's easy to create alcohol that's too powerful, or of the wrong type, and therefore be poisoned or go blind from drinking it. Therefore, distilled liquor is a precious potion-base produced in quantities too small to drink for pleasure.]