[He shrugs.] It was warm.

[Sometimes, that was good enough. The camp was temperature regulated, but it still got chilly in the colder months. And between wars, when he didn't stay at camp, but sometimes needed a place to escape that wasn't the Underworld or some back alley, a paper cup full of hot watery chocolate was heaven.]

It's also really cheap. Even when it's just us year-rounders left in the winter, that's still a lot of kids to feed.