Progress. Nelson smiled, as encouragingly as he could, pleased that Kristoff seemed to have somewhat taken to the situation now. Had grown more satisfied with it, at least. Nelson couldn't fault him, really, for any difficulty -- he himself had a great deal of trouble when he'd first arrived.

"I don't blame you," he said, nodding once and offering one of the plates of food to Kristoff. "It's a lot to take in all at once. And none of it sat right with me in the beginning either. I don't like being away from home in the least."

That wasn't entirely true, there were things about being here -- or back in the City -- Nelson had grown to appreciate, things he couldn't have back home. But all the same, he was a man who appreciated the simple things, and the familiar things, and home was still home even if it wasn't perfect.

"It does get easier, though," he added. "And there are some good things. Even if you never stop wanting to go back."