Vex's hand on his skin and then her arm around his waist was sufficiently distracting that Percy nearly missed Vax's glare. Well, too bad. Perhaps he'd not missed his girlfriend as much as Vax had missed his twin, but he still had rather missed her.

"Oh, of course, ages," Percy drawled, his hand covering Vex's quite casually, then using the grip to tug her up from the sofa. He smiled at her. "You'll like the bar. It's free."