Sunrise by the Ladon Bonfire: Van and Tanek
Tanek, who was clutching a half-empty whiskey-and-coke, looked surprised at the offer, before taking it and offering Van his own tepid drink. He blinked against the brittle sunlight, feeling something fierce in his stomach. Both happy and sad, bittersweet and all-encompassing.
He drowned that feeling out with a big gulp of Van's 7 and 7. Tanek's costume was Charlie Chaplin, but he had lost both his mustache and his bowler hat before they even got to Ladon.
"Hey," Tanek said, raising his head, but then he nearly lost his balance and nearly toppled the both of them over. He was clutching at Van's shirt and laughing before he said, almost surprised: "I forgot what I was going to say. What were you going to say?"