"Ah.. Sheesh, going for the difficult questions right away?"

He pulls back a little. Not fully trying to leave her grasp, but more just making sure that he can actually look at her while he's talking, even though he looks a little conflicted as he speaks. It's just the sort of feeling that's hard to bring into words.

".. I don't know. I mean.. A family's a family, right? How else would you explain it?"