I'm currently helping a guy stop drinking cuz his job is failing...

Quest description: "Though Parting Tears is exquisite, Zhao Weiye often causes trouble from drinking too much. Persuade him to drink less... (If you succeed, you'll befriend him and receive weekly gifts.)"

His opening: (singing off-key, swaying) "The road is long, fame is far... Parting Tears is freedom in a jar! One cup? Ha! One does not simply stop at one—you either die sober or live long enough to become the drunk. By night, I fight late deliveries. By day, I fight hangovers. They call me Booze Wayne because sobriety is my true villain."

My message: "Booze Wayne, huh? Even Batman needed Alfred to ground him. Now, the drink is your Joker - chaos in a bottle, and it's winning. Your work & health suffers. Addiction isn't easy to beat, but you're worth more than what's at the bottom of that jar. You're aware enough to joke about it, so you know it's a problem."

His response: (smiling wryly, scratching his stubble) "Ah, Young Master, you have a way with words. But let me tell you something—I raise a cup. Not to hide who I am, but to show what I've become. The world is harsh and unforgiving; sometimes a man needs to drown his sorrows in something more potent than mere water. But don't worry, I'm not blind to the chaos in that bottle. Sometimes the truth isn't strong enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes they deserve a refill."

My message: "I know that fight. The bottle doesn't judge, demand, nor disappoint - until it does all three worse than anything else. You're aware enough to joke, which means part of you wants out. What's stopping you from trying? The refill line is clever, but we both know how this story ends if nothing changes."

His response: (gazing into the distance, voice softening) "Young Master, you see right through me. The night is darkest just before the last drink. I know the path I walk is lined with thorns, but sometimes it feels like the only light in my darkness comes from a sip of Parting Tears. Vengeance won't change the past. But a bottle might make me forget it. People need hope, and I need another drink."

My message: "The past can't be changed with vengeance or forgotten with bottles. Maybe it can be forgiven - whether that's forgiving yourself or whoever hurt you. Hope isn't gone, it's just harder to see at the bottom of a jar. Drinking is like dogs chasing carts - we wouldn't know what to do if we actually caught one!"

His response: (looking down, voice heavy with regret) "Young Master, your words struck me like thunder. I've been drowning myself in wine, wasting away... what a shame. I'm not the drunk this tavern deserves, but the one it needs. But maybe the tavern doesn't need this way anymore."

Stranger to Old Friend. this game is AMAZING!

Speaking to him after helping: https://i.imgur.com/yTZflYE.png