"I dunno. I'll do whatever I want to do, depends what's easier. I'm a slacker, I guess." He knew Leonard wanted him to go back to school and quit his job but that wasn't happening so easily as he'd hoped. At least Axel had kicked the drugs, even if he hated that and kept slipping. It was hard, they got him through a lot. "I have to try more these days, I guess, this little guy is looking to us as examples."

The little guy in question had finished all of his food and was happily humming away, making grabby gestures at Hartley.