Devero has to take a deep breath and actively stop himself from protesting further. He knows too well by now that his standards and expectations when it comes to kids are wildly out of line with-- pretty much every other universe's. And it's done no one here any good for him to get as mad about it as he wants to.

"All right," he says after a moment. "If that's what worked for you, I'm glad you had the opportunity. If there's anything I can do to help you adjust to this--" He waves a hand around, indicating the whole train as much as this one room. "Let me know?"