[ In response to this, her expression sours and her eyes fall to the goblet.

It won't be the first time he's seen such a look on these features, but it'll be the first time she says anything like ] That was not a theory, Merlin the Magician. It was a metaphor describing a fact. Do you or do you not tell the truth when you drink alcohol?

[ And to show she's heard his question and has simply, apparently, chosen not to answer, Rapunzel lifts green eyes to his, holds the gaze, and then, mechanically and diabolically, winks. ]