"It's hardly unusual," Felix answers with a shrug. "You can't summon guests from near and far and not give them a show worth the journey." True, there are peasant weddings and places where the ceremonies are more brisk, but his family aren't poor, or small, and Imperials like to go all-out on their rituals. To say nothing of the parties. And see? Caspar gets it. Felix shoots him a grin. Special moments are worth making the most of.

He's brought back to this moment by Adia's other question, and shrugs. "I've never developed the taste or the tolerance for it, no. Jim's people drink far more caffeine than mine." To the point where he's only learned that word through how often Jim uses it.