"Bakura," Raine said, exasperated but hardly surprised by the joke. But she was considering it: it would be a departure from their usual lunches, and not precisely within her normal area of comfort, but all the same, Bakura had made the suggestion for a reason.

Granted, that reason really might be to see if he could get her drunk. Two years and she still didn't always understand him as well as she'd like.

"What about that wager?" she inquired. "You never answered if you did."