Taking care not to rip more skin than was necessary as he cautiously extracted the IV needle from the inside of his elbow, Calibri looked up and paused as Garamond took the first drag of his cigar, butterfly needle still in hand. "That's detrimental to your health. You should stop, if possible," commented Calibri off-handedly as he lowered his eyes back to the needle, because ingesting poison when you knew it was poison was so much healthier.

"And thank you." He looked up again with slight consternation. "If that was a compliment."