[Warren might've said that but it wasn't intended to hurt him. Different approaches make for the best strategy meeting. If at first you don't succeed try something new, fool! Or in this case, someone new.

The wee one is brave, and Warren says so. Among other child-appropriate praise. How good they are to keep Eggs company when he feels sad. How strong and kind to stay together. I want to help, he says in a whisper like theirs, because my bad, scary father made me play with sweet children just like you, too.

If he can touch these heartbreaking siblings Warren will sit on the floor and gather them up in his arms like puppies. He can't exorcise these ghosts. He doesn't know if this commiseration is all for nothing.]

Have I ever told you about the time I devoured my sire?

[Casual. A fishing pond story, from the tone of his voice. A storybook reading, nothing more.]