[ uh huh. except, she doesn't even look that mad anymore if at all— and that's how he knows he's won, swelling in the gratification of it.

(the fact that she's been unwillingly dragged across the country with no other way out than through them? that's an unnecessary detail.) ]

Pancakes! There's a good place nearby and a mall right next to it. We didn't give you much time to pack, [ taps his finger on his chin, ] so we could probably take care of that too?