Al feels much the same. For all that things can get rowdy and hectic, and if can feel like a walk of shame coming out of the house when the neighbors are around, Al really does love that house. It's the only real home he has anymore.

"Hey, I only half-suck!"

Alphonse grins and gives Clara a few scritches to wake her back up, and the Pidgeot coos and blinks her eyes open very slowly.

"That sounds good. What about Five Rais? We haven't ordered from there in a while, and I could go for a good burger."