...You know, if you want to carry me around that much, all you have to do is ask. Pride only comes into play when I actually need the help- it's kind of backwards like that.

[Pride just isn't logical, it's a fact. And sometimes he does like to indulge - in being carried, and Teddy's enjoyment of it. But there's such a thing as too much.

The food issue, though... hrngh.]

This sounds like a serious test of mettle.