My mom was awesome. Where do you think I got all my good looks from? [ There was a note of pride thick in those words, a fundamental truth. If it went beyond those questions, there would be issues, but the ground was still safe here. Temporarily.

His mom was pretty cool, though.]

Besides, it's not like Grif doesn't know; both of us told him, and I'm pretty sure he heard us from over back on Red Base. This is just how shit is.

[Which is, for the record, a mess.]