[ a laugh escapes him, but it's not an entirely happy one. he knows she probably didn't mean anything by the remark, but it's also a terrible reminder. he doesn't like to think about it much, but he's lost a lot in his life. ]

My mom and brother are both dead. My dad walked out when I was a teenager. I haven't seen my little sister in nearly a decade. [ he looks over to where mako is holding little yancy's attention fantastically. ] Mako's the closest thing I've got to family now.

[ he loves tendo and alison dearly, but they've been apart long enough that they have yet to figure out where they fit into each other's lives again. there's none of that with mako. she's irrevocably a part of him and knows him better than anyone else on the planet. she's his sun, his moon, and all his stars. not that he's going to try and say any of that out loud. that's just embarrassing. ]

Hell, we don't even know where we're going to live when the press tour's over. Not yet, anyways. [ he looks back at naomi and gives her a wry smile. ] There's nothing to intrude on.