It is a truth universally acknowledged, that their father was a son of a bitch. Five can't say he missed him at all.

"Alcohol helps too but..." He winces and doesn't finish. He's been trying to make an effort to drink less lately, which mean he's having extra coffee and more irritable on occasion. Less alcohol around means less temptation for both Klaus and him, if his brother is making an effort is only fair that he does it too.

"Exercise should help too, or so I've heard. We could, uhm..." God, he's too tired and too sick to brain anything. "...go to the beach and play volleyball? Ben likes the ocean. And there's very little things there to destroy."