Good. Glad you have a place to hole up. You ever want to borrow a sock full of rice to keep you warm, let me know. [Dan figures a small body probably doesn't keep heat as well, and he has plenty of rice-filled heating packs for his hands. He doesn't outright offer to make Branch one, because he worries that if he gets too generous he's going to start looking like he's got an ulterior motive, and he really doesn't. He just wants to make sure everyone around him is safe and warm.

He smiles at the approval and takes the garment back.] Alright, I'll keep working on this then. I'm happy to be of help. Keeps me out of my head when I can't go run around outside.

[The less Dan has to do, the darker it is outside, the colder it is, the easier it is to fall into the anxious, depressed smear of days where his sleep schedule fully disconnects from the clock, so he has to stay busy. He has to.

In a way, by having him do some sewing, Branch is doing him a favor.]