[Al giggles as he sits down beside the bed, and stretches his legs out across the floor. It warms his heart to know they can both still laugh even after everything, and it makes him ever more proud of his brother's strength.]

Of course not! You know I still have my snack book, and it's getting pretty full.

[He fishes it out and opens it to add 'cream cake' onto the bottom.]

I wonder if Granny would make me some of her stew.