In chapter 8, Grim and Gran are acting a lot nicer to max they are giving him ice cream and Grim says say that Max needs coffee real coffee so while max is eating his bowl of ice-cream his grandpa is making him coffee and they give him a china cup they never use to Max with his coffee inside and then later that day freak goes over and bangs on the window for Max to get up and then Max eats cereal and while max is eating cereal freak says they are going to go on an adventure that day and are going to go and slay dragoons.