Crackle sat at the counter, taking shots. He prepared to down his twenty-sixth when a new person came down the stairs and ordered a beer. He downed the shot of alcohol. He stuck his already lit cigarette bakc in his lips and said, "Hey, you! Bet you I can drink more than you!" Before Crackle could stop himself the words were out of his mouth and his drunken pride would not allow himself to take back the challenge.

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