He feels better in the kitchen, the ugliness of the porch left there with the other bullet holes and damage that the house had suffered. The simple work of feeding himself, of feeding Athena, was it's own comfort. One foot in front of the other, right?

Raylan chuckles at the statement following the question, lifting his eyebrows with a bob of his head as he starts peeling the plastic off the pack of chicken and dropping the pieces into a bowl.

"You ever heard of briney water? It just means heavily salted, so brining is soaking meat in heavily salted water. Salt and some spices if you want your meat to taste like your breading. Always use the same spices in your flour that you do your brine, so it'll all taste the same. Your Aunt Nory used to cook for you? What was your favorite dish?"