But he does have his moments regardless of the brave face he puts on and with Abby, King tends to let the mask slip a bit more than he would with others. In other words, that's how far they've come since she found him. Underneath all the random quips and sugar induced shenanigans that made King who he was, there had a tremendous amount of respect for the woman.

"Maybe. You should do it. He likes you better.." King trailed off, reverting his eyes back to the fast approaching floating land mass. A beat. "And I'm not helpless in the kitchen. I can make a pretty mean lasagna."

Never mind the presentation of said dish being limited to dipping plain noodles into a bowl of pasta sauce like one would tortilla chips into salsa.