[ He has a decent idea of how huge JJ's family is by this point, though it's hard to keep every name and face straight—he is not lacking in siblings. But as overwhelming as the idea of ten JJs running around is, he laughs a little at the invitation before he gets up to go check on the food before it has a chance to boil over. Even if he isn't hiding some great, hidden grief, it's a kind gesture. What he lacks in blood family, his friends make up in little invitations to their lives, like these. ]

I'm quite all right on my own—but that's very generous of you. It'd be an honor to join the Leroy clan.

[ For whenever JJ gets married for real and starts raising spawn of his own, he guesses. ]

Allow me to meet them someday.