Charles appreciated his friend being there for him, while yes it was difficult for him to calm down, he wouldn't rather be with any other people away from Sheri. He sighed and nodded, "Maybe a full stomach will help me think of a way to get out of this mess." Charles remarked as he usually wasn't one for ideas but right now all he had was time to think.<br/>Lydia happily peeked her little head up from her mother's lap and cooed happily. Reaching for the plate she got some chicken broth on her palm and retracted it making a glaring sound,<br/>"Ooohwo." She batted at it since she didn't like hot things. When the mashed potatoes were offered to her she happily gobbled them up and quite liked them with a big happy toothless grin on her face.<br/><br/>Kryner dished himself up some ham roast and sweet beans. Canned veggies and baby corn were steamed in a kettle and served by a boat full of gravy and beside it a platter of biscuits. Hoss, Danny and Charles sat out in the living room while Bryan got a seat next to his mother in the kitchen with the rest of the family, cramped but cozy, the dinner was rather peaceful in this wind howling darkness they found themselves in.