"He is? I've not drunk much myself but I hear some of these cocktails have it in."

Were they all strong? Probably, since this was a party. Niko ordered a warm apple juice for the Dane boy and passed it along to him. Maybe he'd gone out and had a mad night out with some of the others.

"I don't think we've met before. I'm Niko Karvonen, Heikki's younger brother and have only been here around two weeks now."

The boy's voice thick with a Finnish accent.