"Pish," Rurik answered from behind some door, inside some room down the hall. He emerged a moment later. he hadn't been indulging, and while not drunk on account of not drinking, he was far from somber. He smiled at the sight of Kai, and a rumbling laugh escaped him.
"You're already drunk, darling." Not that it mattered. They were going to Russia. The thought of it made Rurik feel almost giddy. "So I think we'd best hurry before you start to sober up."