Thomas accepted the beer and he sipped at it before nodding. "They are. I wish we could have a dog," he said, though he had already expressed that in Kat's presence the other day. "I always wanted one when Jamie was growing up because it would have been nice for him to have a pet and we lived in such a terrible neighborhood so the protection would have been nice. But it was just another mouth to feed and most of the time I couldn't even feed two, so-" Thomas glanced up from his beer and he laughed at himself. "I am really great at bringing everyone down, aren't I?"
"Come on, raincloud," Victor said, taking Thomas by the shoulders so he could steer him towards the living room to sit down.