"Hey hey, what're you doing?" Joe asked, his concerned expression growing a little heavier when Nino pushed the food away. "Don't stop eating. This is the best we'll get for a while, so you need to eat this."

He sighed, placing a hand on his stepbrothers shoulder.

"Listen, if you're not eating because you're worried about getting sick or something, don't be. Just think how much sicker you might get if your body doesn't have enough nutrients. And if that's why you're worried about the water, don't be. They had some bottled water in the fridge."

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Meanwhile, Al stared suspiciously at his sister.

"Yeah, I'm gonna go with [i]not[/i]." He said. "I'd much rather think that you've suddenly gotten good at cooking than that [i]that idiot[/i] ever was."

Still, he ended up stepping out of the room, glaring down at the dash as if it had insulted him.

"Anyway, whaddaya even mean by this being the last decent meal for a while?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "Its not like he gets to stay and we have to leave, just kick him out and we'll hunker down! Hell, his brother can even stay, so long as he stays quiet!"