Matt feels a little bad for letting that... synthetic stuff go to waste, given that this seems like the kind of place that'd be strapped for resources unless they stop off at places in regular intervals to get restocked. But clearly not bad enough to sit back down and force himself through that meal.

He'd always pictured Frank as painfully alone, which is partly why he didn't think he'd be teaming up with people, making friends. Maybe trying to fly solo isn't going to work in a place like this. He doesn't yet know enough about the troubles they're facing here to figure that much out yet. They're kind of the same, really, as much as Matthew would hate to admit it. They're lonely people. Matt has friends but he also thinks of them as people he has to protect, dreams he has to preserve. Even Frank Castle is fairly high on the list of people he wants to save, whether Frank himself wants to be saved or not.

This is a good thing, regardless. Lonely people making friends. If the circumstances were any better he'd be happy for Frank.

In the end, for better or worse Matt doesn't have to say anything awkward when Frank gets back to him.

"If you take me back there I will throw you into the elevator shaft."