Right. He links it back to sailing and thus links it back to the whole damn reason for this talk. He's still talking as if she's going to end up a pirate, even if he's not meaning to.

Darcy takes the gin next, and it's medicinal and bitter, but... kind of nice? The herby flavour makes the rubbing alcohol taste less awful, and she has to grimace a little less through it.

"And getting drunk is genuinely worth this? Because it is fucking awful."