`` maybe we could have some of the seams let out at the same time , since you 're so bent on stuffing yourself full of food every chance you get . '' `` well , i 'm okay , if that 's what you 're asking . '' packing for tonight at hank 's place , plus the two-day hospital stay had n't been easy . the last image of the brilliant flames still floats across the inside of my eyelids . my father is old , older than his years . if they 'd already spotted a tiny poodle snack . 