Gustavain is mostly just honest, an odd trait for a spy, perhaps, but one that makes him easy to trust in return.

He shakes his head with a laugh,

"I've met entirely too many Lalafels who could drink me under the table. But I do think probably if you're going to feel it, you'd feel it faster if you're smaller?" he shrugs, none of that kind of figuring has ever been his strong point. "To be honest, I really only care because I think I may well be the only bard on this star that doesn't actually enjoy being drunk." He grins to that, a little too wide to be sheepish.