"And an extra slice for Elrond, too! Because if only I get an extra slice then that means that each of us only gets half an extra slice and that'd not be a whole extra slice." Because then he'd obviously share with his brother.

But his words are oddly muted, and there is a pause only filled with the sound of water on leaves as he works and thinks. "Are parents like that, too?" He can't really remember, still having been too young to look out for things like interpersonal dynamics with his own parents before being separated from them, and he can't really observe other families either.