Once more, food came to rescue any tense situation. Greg added a heaping of eggs to the order, just for all the proper breakfast food groups. At some point, someone who could use their feet put some coffee on to perk, too.

Greg may or may not have dozed off while they waited for the food to arrive, which means he absolutely did. As tense and anxious as he may have been about any number of things, above all, he was tired. As far as he figured, anyway, everyone could use the time to keep catching their breath. Everything else could come when they all had the right amount of brain to process.

It was only once the food arrived and spread over the coffee table before the couch, filling the room with wonderful smells, that he was able to start feeling properly like a living person again.