Being of legal age, Yamato occasionally had a drink or two. When his underage friend insisted he was tough and old enough to handle it, Yamato chuckled and poured him a glass of vodka. Himiko, having had this technique used on her before in a moment of attempted maturity, tried to warn Ban away. Though he nearly choked on the first swallow, he refused to listen.

     In the end, Yamato found himself going shot for shot with a fifteen year old punk - and losing.

     Must be the German blood, he thought groggily when he woke up face-down on the floor.