From what I can tell--it's more of a luxury than a staple, which is a pain.

[For someone who loathed caffeine and decaf coffee wasn't at all available, tea would have to suffice.

In lieu of tea, there was water and he didn't trust anything he didn't boil and filter, himself.]

I don't even like drinking the water. I've heard beer is healthier than water in a place like this, just because they have to boil the water in the brewing process, but--I'm not even old enough to drink.

[He said all of that before really processing it in his mind.

Shiki stopped talking, simply staring out at the water and feeling like he just said the lamest thing he could have possibly come up with.]