It was with effort Cain was keeping his thoughts away from his own letter. That wasn't something he wanted to breach just yet, if at all during this visit, and it was nothing much to at least act like it wasn't driving him to distraction as he sorted his feelings over the matter. The fact that he couldn't just accept it only made the whole situation more ridiculous than it ought to have been.

"Managed a salad that isn't wilted or barely green," he said cheekily. Not the easiest of feats in a drought but perhaps not as hard as his accomplished tone indicated. It was the little things. "Not sure exactly what you don't mind eating, but there are sandwiches in there, too."