"I'll do whatever it takes, whatever you tell me I need to do," Jake replied, "and you know I will."
He laughed to himself after that. "I know two people that've kicked your ass," he pointed out, and then struggled to try and push himself up into a sitting position, eventually managing it with his hands braced on the ground behind him. It wasn't going to last long, not with the way his arms were already shaking from the strain, but he couldn't just lie on the floor all the damn time.