"What's that in your glass?" the Tortilla King asked Li Yang the moment he and Jake were seated. "Vodka? Gin? Tequila? White rum?"
"It's water," Li Yang said. "I don't drink alcohol."
"You don't? How about drugs?"
"I don't do any drugs either."
"Fuck," said the Tortilla King. "How do you survive? Especially, times being what they are. No, really. How do you manage to keep on going? You're either a very tough cookie or a complete moron."
"He's a tough cookie," Jake said. "And so am I."
"Wow," said the Tortilla King. It was a 'wow' that dripped with sarcasm.
