"Well, I can't say whether that's true or not," he shrugged. But he'd heard of plenty of people who had gone to a doctor and left just fine? Whatever. He didn't dwell on the thoughts. "Do..........you want something to eat, then?" Anthony asked, a bit sheepishly, a bit too empathetic right now to understand that the kid just wants a free bellyful of food. Perhaps in another circumstance he would have already have walked away, but.....his conscience was nagging at him and his parental instincts kicked in. He didn't even know he had parental instincts.