Neville: “More or less. The main thing is these are all secret recipes, brewed by hand. Every step takes enormous effort…”

Neville rambled on about the brewing process. He kept it vague, since the methods were secret, but everyone still listened in amazement.

I felt my scalp tingle. “Is this even for humans? Kings wouldn’t drink like this.”

“This was drunk by the King of England. Didn’t Kane tell you?”

I shook my head. I couldn’t remember if he had.

“Ah, never mind. Everyone eat your fill—someone else is paying!”

“Isn’t this way too expensive?”

“Won’t it max out Jevon’s card?”

Some artists worried. Gill was also concerned it would...