Oof. The language. It's not completely unfamiliar, since he's heard other arrivals speak similarly, but it takes him a little more effort to parse.

"It...doesn't really matter, does it? Work still needs doing."

He doesn't have much interest in the product, even if there was an enforced drinking age. People lose their wits a little too easily once they start drinking, and he has no desire to impair his own judgment when he never knows when might be the crucial moment.