He noted the frown, the look - the determined cheer. She was certainly trying. It was good of her, and his expression did soften a little.

"It's not right I have to do any of it without my sister," he explained. "When we were still very young, after we'd left Syngorn... I stole us cakes, one year. Then figured out it was better to steal the money to buy the cakes." He thought that answered her question, in his current state. Didn't it?