pappy's rules of loving

“Have you ever heard the story of how Comfrey and I met?” he asked.Maxwell's face fell. He wasn't good with feelings, especially grief. Daisuke's pain from Comfrey's loss was as palpable as the day she died, every inch of him echoing with love for her that had nowhere to go.“I was the most wanted man in Pilby,” he started, his eyes glazing over as if he could see it play out in front of him. “I’d been hired to come in and steal the Prized Jewel of the Thirsty Sandman. Or the Thirty Sandmans… I can’t remember—”///In a heart to heart on the deck of the Zephyr, Daisuke tells Maxwell the story of how he and Comfrey met. Maxwell has a realisation of his feelings for Torse.