He squeezes her hand back gently. As bad of an idea as this is, he's comforted. One of his family members recognizes him as family. That's ... god. That lifts an incredible weight from his shoulders. Even if it should be more of a weight in the long term.

"You can imagine a little, I think," he says with a weak smile. She would get that isolation, wouldn't she? Being in the wrong place and time, seemingly. And as for the second comment, well - he even manages to laugh a little. "Great-nephew, yes. And I'm older than you. Strange, isn't it?"