"Why not both?" he asked the man who'd approached him, smirking slightly. He seemed to have replaced one addiction with another. But at least this addiction was legal, or something. Or less likely to kill him as quickly as drugs.
"I don't want to remember things about home," he admitted. "Alcohol helps that." He shrugged a bit, then studied Peter for a moment. "I haven't seen you here before. Are you new to town, or just new to Lou's?"
Either one was possible. He had a feeling it was new to town, though.