And one of the reasons Van Zieks makes it a point to keep an eye on me, if I have to be honest.

[He's gotten variations of 'don't do like I did at your age' advice from the man. It's advice he's tried to take to heart, although the reality of his own feelings is too complicated to be able to heed it wholeheartedly. Especially with a certain someone now in town...

Either way, it's a rather tacit admission that he's less okay than he purports to be. Maybe the sip has affected his judgement more than he realizes.]

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.