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Aulenir Jadetower: "Just a redberry please."
Aulenir looks warily around the room, hoping not too many bar goers overheard him. Indeed he has caught several curious glances about the man who's just ordered a children's drink. He stuffs his hands in his pockets and hunkers his head between his shoulders.
He looks back up at the barmaid who's still standing over him to see if he's serious. Aulenir gives her an awkward look and shrugs.
"That'll be two coppers," the barmaid sighs as she turns to retrieve his drink.
Aulenir digs out the coppers and sets them on the table for the barmaid's return. He glances around the room again self-consciously, but the clamor of drinking and gambling has shifted the attention back away from him . . . just as he likes it.

[From what I remember most of the order masters from L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s Magic of Reculce books prefer redberry . . . so I picked juice for my guy as well. He's no order master, but he has a similar demeanor despite being a warlock. Also I thought of it because despite that the Recluce books had a lot of detail, the amount of attention the books gave to the fact that the characters preferred redberry was oddly high.]

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