The sweet thing about Alec? He shared Pao's obsession with sweets. So Pao was doubly happy when Alec let the door close behind him and plopped down on a seat in the compartment. Cuz the only thing better than having Alec here was having Alec here... with SWEETS.

"No problem!" Honestly, he was HAPPY Alec had joined him. Pao's gaze shifted to his frog as Alec addressed him. "Wait, you've never met Thomas?" This was just not acceptable. The boy carefully unlatched the cage and cradled the horned frog in his hands. "This," he said, proffering the creature, "is Thomas the horned frog." And without so much as a questioning look, he plunked Thomas down onto Alec's lap.

"Ooo, Honeydukes!" Definitely the best sweets in Britain, as far as the Italian could tell. "I'd love some!" Seeing as how Alec was occupied with Thomas, Pao grabbed the bag and began to rustle through it. "Yum, ice mice!" He popped one into his mouth and instantly felt as if the train had started moving because his teeth were chattering.