"Mmhm," comes Gilbert's unconcerned, noncommittal answer as he wanders into the kitchen to check on the pie as promised. It's getting there. He leans against the counter to wait for it.

"Guess I better fill in for Leo until he gets back, huh?" It's just a stray thought off the top of his head, but once it's spoken he realizes it makes more and more sense the more he thinks about it. Elliot clearly needs someone to look after him, and here Gilbert is without a single charge to his name. He's about as used to that as Elliot is used to being on his own, without a mess of older siblings and a personal servant and a household full of butlers and maids to look after him.