[The hours pass relatively quietly after that; after a few drinks, Asch just sticks to tea for the rest of the evening, complaining irritably if the bar gets particularly noisy but otherwise keeping to himself in his little corner. He makes it pretty far into the book, jotting down the occasional note in a journal or sketching out something that seems significant, and Star sleeps through most of it, so he has a surprisingly pleasant night.
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He just isn't leaving. :|]