"Being the one to get the doughnuts means that you have the honor of choosing the sustenance that is most beneficial to the ... hero!"

For some reason, James was having difficulty considering the person he usually fetched the doughnuts for to be a 'hero.'

"And doughnuts are far more filling than snow coated in soya-sauce!"

James might have been a bit out-of-sorts today. It certainly had nothing to do with the fact that his roomie, Shiro, was in a little ball in his pocket and thus, technically, was present for the workshop in some demented and twisted way.