He will. He'll get through it. And I'll go with him as often as he lets me. [ It's easy to assume the frown is just from worrying about Royce... and yet. It makes him wish he wasn't so tipsy at the moment, because while it helps dull the headache, it also dulls his senses in ways he doesn't like. ]

It's hard on you too, all of this. [ He ventures to guess. He hasn't given up on trying to offer Alfie a shoulder to lean on, too, despite invariably being turned down. He just attempts to be more subtle about it now. ] Do your hands still bother you? [ The shaking, he means. ]