I've done this before.

[Deciding she rather not simply stand there, she starts cleaning up the kitchen, putting away the leftovers. Look, now Max has lunch for work.]

He needs to relearn what it is to be around people that aren't going to hurt him. We're that. He's not going to be ready to step outside into the center of the city for a while, but he can't be left to hide under his bed. I'm not going to sleep at the foot of his bed, but I will be with him.