Fred was only partly following what he was doing with the sugar cubes, the absinthe, all of it. She was curious to see what he was doing, but there was more than that. Her attention was split between something new and her friend. Her friend who seemed a little out of sorts. Maybe it was something else.
"What's wrong?" Her brows furrowed a little, but then he told her to watch. Not wanting to upset her friend further, she watched. Her head tilted, and she leaned back in the couch beside him. Maybe that was how it was done?
"Uhm, I dream about all sorts of things. Sometimes equations, experiments, demons, heroes, horses, food, zombies, vampires, friends, bad guys, good guys. Once I dreamt I was working on a laser in nothing but my underwear - which is not at all regular wear for that sort of thing." She shook her head. "I wasn't even wearing goggles, and you should never work with lasers without the proper protective lenses."