Daniel takes the pointed hint. A good portion of the water vanishes in his first gulp and the rest disappears in the second. He's in no awful rush to get hit with a pounding headache in the morning.

"Wish I could say the same," he says, setting down the glass. "But, you know me. I've pretty much always been a caffeine guy. Not exclusively just, you know, mostly."

Which would be putting it mildly. Daniel doesn't actually know if he can exist without the stuff.