Armand turned his attention back to the Alec, since he couldn't find where the toast had gone. The frown over the news about Javert had just settled, when his eyes widened in surprise at Alec's shout. He wasn't braced and got yanked almost flat against the table, straight into the heavily piled plate of food the nurse had given him.

"You bastard!" Armand cried, and picked up the now-squashed bits of toast and flung them at Alec. He scraped sticky syrup and eggs from his face and licked remnants from around his mouth. He was laughing a bit now instead of frowning though.