[ Amusement warms her expression a touch more. 'Managing' suggests he's faced some unpleasant things recently. She hovers over that, tempted to ask further, but respects that brevity, as he has hers. ]

I have-- [ Pause. A flicker of something unhappy, there and gone. ] --had three. Raised them as I would my own flesh and blood.

[ Because she cannot have children. ]

One of them is here. I believe he was saved by our benefactors. Would you like to meet him?