[ Spike has no idea what effect the drinks will have. Maybe they'll be lucky this time and it's just booze. Either way he takes his beer and opens it himself. ]

Atone, or whatever the opposite of that is. I don't know how this Christian stuff works. [ He sips his beer. It's just two degrees too warm, and a little flat. Of course. ]

The boss gives us stuff to do sometimes. Breaks up the boredom. I helped out at a kennel and ended up with a hellhound that won't leave.