Alice's laughter was so unexpected. The sound of the usually sardonic and serious young woman breaking into fits of giggles was enough to make Sven pause, if only for a second. A smile deeper than any other shone from his face and he forced down his own spasm of laughter.

"What's so funny?" He demanded, his voice strained from keeping his own mirth bottled in his gut while he grappled with his facial muscles, trying to wrestle the grin off of his lips and failing. "I'll do it, you know! I'll eat it all. I'll eat all your crab, right over there, and force you to get a sun tan if you don't want to go hungry."