[ The strong but silent type, huh? Well John can work with that, he can chatter enough for the both of them. He lowers his voice to a whisper, glancing aside at her. ]

You know I don't really know the rules. Or what tastes good. Just that, that stuff [ He gestures to one bottle. ] is really sweet but lethally strong and it smokes.

[ The aim is creative though, right? Creative. Okay. Mixed drinks are meant to look good too, right? Colours...? He shrugs after a moment, grabs for the lethally strong sweet alcohol he had once before because what the hell, at least the smoke effect will be cool looking and maybe it makes a good base? ]