"What's the difference between the rice porridge and the omusubi?" there was the slightest child-like pout. "They're both rice, aren't they?" He was right in a way, wasn't he?

He frowned lightly, pondering. "If I eat the rice porridge then, it means I can have tomatoes later?" This sounded like a good trade-off.
Getting off his brother, he made an attempt to help him up, although the effort left him panting. "..w-whoa... sort of dizzy.." he did feel better though, but just a tiny bit of that sickness still stuck. Nnothing that would stop him for long, though