"All names are poetry worthy of the druids at first. It's only as they get copied and passed down that they become commonplace."
He takes a swig of his own drink and returns the smile.
"But I'm not exactly a druid myself. By all means; everyone can use another friend."

There's no rule against sharing a drink with a new friend, is there?
"What do you do when not searching high and low in strange places like this?"