It's so gross. But if you love it, hey, I did something right. [His own mug gets raise, an almost toast between them for this mess of a new friendship(?), and he considers actually just dumping it. But he doesn't. Ace takes another drink because this was actually made from both purchased and pilfered booze, and he doesn't want to waste it.

This time he tries to hold it in his mouth for a moment, as if it's wine and that would help it taste better. That's what people always said, it needs to be savored, but that's for fine wine and not a literal disaster in a cup. He forces it down, and shakes his head.] Yeah that doesn't help. It's just shitty. But it's still gonna get me drunk, so I guess it's doing it's job.