"Yeah, karaoke night at the Tavern," she waves it off, as though it were perfectly normal to meander down the street, drunk as a skunk, as her father used to say. Hah, that rhymes, she thinks to herself, and giggles again. She can't help it; it's just too funny.

"So about the other night," she begins, her voice loud from the alcohol and her current state of intoxication. "That was fun, huh?"