...So ED-E goes off on Alex, which has Neil staring outright. Has him blushing lightly, a detail he cannot adequately begin to explain why. Finally, when Alex holds up his hands in apology and returns them to Neil, the younger man thinks to add his thoughts to the list of food.

"It was kinda nice eating Dandy Boy Apples again," he says. "Reminded me of old times." Better days.