"I'll have to try to take your word on that, but I can still be sorry there's no one waiting up for you. Immediate blood, it's always been just Momma and me; the cousins are distant genetically, but we've got a big family in practical terms, and ... it helps. With a lot of things."

And then his milkshake enthusiasm brings windchime giggles.
"You should. Besides, protein is good for the blood sugar." And very little else in a milkshake was, but hey...