Is nothing sacred? Ha! He's happy to join in the compensational banter with, "You should have seen when I thought I was a Duplicity-born priest."

He lets any further explanation slip by, though, dismissing it with a wave of his hand. Now's not the time to get into the details of things. Just basic questions, basic comforts where possible...


"It's been --Ach, Gott.-- about eight months." Easy enough to answer, if not particularly comforting to re-realize and linger upon. "I can take you somewhere, if you'd like, if... If the public setting is uncomfortable."