"Pool floats could work, actually. I think," Erran said, not sure if there was some piece of basic science he was missing there. "Inner tubes do, anyway. But you gotta wait a couple of days for the snow to harden up a little, because when it's falling like this it's too deep and soft, you wouldn't get much speed. You just kinda sink in and it's disappointing. And then walking back up the hill is a nightmare, assuming you could walk in this at all. So don't try anything creative to get out of the house today, okay?" he said, because he thought Oliver would have a heart attack if Marco found an unorthodox way to go sledding in a whiteout when the snow was five feet high and rising.
"Holidays in the hospital are always just...weird and depressing. The staff does their best but there's only so much you can do. It's kind of a nice thing that you can catch up on some childhood stuff here, huh?" he said. "The nice parts of childhood, I mean. Stuff you might've missed out on before."