Sibling harmony

I just want to record that Max has not hurt Eliza in 2 or maybe even 3 days. Part of this is my whisking her away a lot (Rick does this too). But another part is Max. Something's changing. He responds to the idea of "being safe" with Eliza.

This morning, he was coming out a funk, finally eating when she woke up. I brought her out and he wanted nothing but to take her in his arms. I held her close to him for a hug, and he touched her gently, smiled at her, spoke to her in a soft voice, and could not suppress a huge ear to ear grin that she wanted to be with him.

Meanwhile, Eliza's eyes were opened as wide as she could, as if she wanted to fill her brain with Max, and she was smiling too.