"I'm sure you'll both break many hearts with the news. -- Listen, ask Bar for soft drinks or tea, or milk. But no alcohol until tomorrow. I know, I'd miss it too, but if you mix alcohol with those pills, the effect will be reversed, your blood vessels will swell up like an overfull bladder, and you'll wake up feeling like every hangover you've had has come back at once. You'll be three times as sick for twice as long." Joly is smiling cheerfully as he says all this. It's a simplification, but it's just medical information! "So do stick to other drinks, all right? --Harry, can you stay here a little longer? I want to look at your scans again." He's sure there was a minor concussion in there.