Why, thank you, Jake. Heiji really appreciated it, because getting stepped on kind of sucked.

"More nutritious, too," he said. He didn't sit up just yet, though -- he was just going to. Enjoy this nice flowerbed for a bit because for the first time in weeks it was nice to see something other than sterile grey rooms or rotting arms or whatever.

"Ugh, what I wouldn't give to be sittin' in a good okonomiyaki restaurant right now. The stuff they have in there I wouldn't pick out of a convenience store bargain bin."