"I'm a vegetarian," Ned says, with a rather apologetic half-smile. "Which doesn't exactly make things easy, around here." Things aren't quite so dire, yet. Elizabeth provided quite a bit of help, when she let him pull some baking supplies through a few tears, but those can't last forever.

He shuffles in discomfort and happiness when she says calls his offer sweet, because that wasn't his intention at all. He just wanted her to feel like she had backup, had someone on her side. It's important to know you have allies, and he knows that all too well, having gone without any for so long. Which is why her counter-offer means so much to him. "I'll keep it in mind."