"Because I'm remarkably good at playing drunk? I get high on life, mate, and hanging out with you lot. I don't need the booze to act like an ass, never have," he laughed, not at all put out by the question. With the other band mates anyways, he didn't get defensive about it. Others, not so much. "And I notice that you aren't denying the awesomeness of my ass, either," he said with a sly grin.
He followed the directions, making the corrections, tip of his tongue sticking out as he concentrated, the same way it used to over Herbology homework.