Bit more of a lead up to events far down the line in context of the story. One of the main themes of this story in the trilogy is that the main cast are the central actions to everything going on, and yet at the same time are just so utterly out of their league in regards to everyone else. And yeah, I would strongly bet that any Kinal playing poker would have to wear sunglasses since their eyes are mood rings. Not so much for Nathanriel as long-term exposure to Anrisil has muted the effect.

Now for some of the details since I don't intend on having it exposited much in the story itself. On Esana there is an accepted status of what one is, based exclusively on how strongly magic (which is effectively the energy of the soul) is infused in their body. Without any effect you have the Animal Class. Then above that are the humans then finally the three classes of demon (lesser, normal and elite). The higher the class, the easier it is to use magic, and the more impact magic has on the individual. Lesser demons (like Angylia) and below don't really exhibit any physical characteristics. At full demon you can see a few subtle changes that reflect who they are and on elite demons it is strong enough that even their mood would have an impact on their bodies. For the higher end of full demons and elite demons, you get to the point where it isn't so much a matter of choosing to use magic as choosing not to use magic. So when you have a species where it's normally harder for them to not use magic, it makes sense why a bar would absolutely refuse giving them a substance that by design would inhibit control.

This is also the second time where Fate has decided to speak up in this story not so much to say anything useful as to get attention. Though not to the same extent with Anon in chapter 2 as that one was to actually get him to move as well, in both this chapter and chapter 2, Fate is not directly trying to force Nathanriel to act. In fact if you look at his statement in this one he doesn't even give any useful information. He just says "Don't lie" when Nathanriel has already said just about anything useful that he was going to say and then only says one more line. However, if you look closely at each instance, you'll notice that the moment Fate talks, they both immediately react, meaning they are at least aware that Nathanriel can hear Fate's Voice, which Fate has decided is important to get what it wants.

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