He moves along firmly to the brighter, better topic. "Well. A bit of background, first. My specialty as an ImpSec informant - my milieu - is High Vor. And, as such, I am allowed a rather unconventional handler. Someone who is herself High Vor. Someone very clever."

He smiles over at her. "In a strange little twist of fate, that someone is actually your own daughter-in-law. And a more remarkable woman you never will meet." And then a theatrical hesitation, and he taps the side of his nose. "Perhaps...present company excepted. Anyway. She is one of the women who enriches my life and makes me quite a lot better."