Which of course will do me very little good, and likely just embarrass me further.

[He huffs a sigh, one that might be part chuckle of his own.]

Well, perhaps with some luck I'll have forgotten this whole inci-- insa-- this whole bloody ordeal by then, myself... this is probably the closest to drunk I've been since the seventeenth century, but I seem to rec-- recall that there's forgetfulness involved in that.

[There's a pause, as he realizes:]

Though in that case, you may have to remind me about the hunt.