"Do I actually -- oh come on, Cappy!" She huffs, rolling her eyes at him. "Literally errybody in Drain smokes, ya ain't that special!" Has he noticed, while they've been standing here talking, that her accent's getting thicker? She ain't tryin' to soften it and blend in no more.

"You just ain't never seen me smoke in uniform before," she admits. "It's the nicest thing I've ever worn, I didn't wanna get it all smelly. And I didn't have any other clothes to wear, so...I kinda stopped altogether." And how much of her jittering around and messing things up was down to nicotine withdrawal? Patty never stopped to think about it, but maybe Capochin will now.