Oh BULLSHIT! WHO DOES HE THINK IS HAVING THE HARDER TIME, HERE? I will chew up that weird little man and spit him out! Go easy on her?! Fucking hell.

But.

More importantly (because Noah is always going to be more important than clueless stepfathers) you got Noah to eat! I'm worried about the gagging, um. I'll ask him about it when I get back in a couple hours, and maybe see what Abby thinks. She knows her way around a brain or two. But he managed the soup, and that's something. Something big. You go, Serenity, you wonderful thing.