Cole made a sound, but didn't try and move away, his eyes half closed.

"Oh." He had never thought about that, that he didn't, couldn't feel hunger as a safety thing. Protection from the horror of starving. "I hadn't- oh. Yes. That makes sense."

His hand dipped to touch his stomach, which was hollow at the moment before of how he was lying.

"I don't want to go through that. No."