[ She nods again, this time in the affirmative, and then looks forward. Family, they all are. ] So... On the way here, I thought about this-- ah, just a little...

[ A pause, and she looks back to him. Her fingers curl over his hand, her touch little more meaningful.

At last, she bridges back to the initial topic, not of family, not of what makes a family, but the one she asked to talk about with company in person: ] It's scary, isn't it? Thinking of losing them. [ Or in his case, having already lost. ]