Tuesday, 6 August 2019

Drinking Contest

He placed the bottle down on the table with the finality of an unbeatable trump card. I tilted my head as I looked at it, as if changing my perspective slightly would allow me to read what appeared to be Russian.

"This is a vodka?"

He laughed.

"It's a spirit made from a now extinct berry that only grew in the area around that nuclear accident site. This is from the last batch made, from berries that were irradiated."

I sighed, and held out my glass.

I really wasn't expecting the lemon aftertaste. The hair loss I should have, though.

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