"...I don't know about cool," he admits, accepting that hug without hesitation-- a little bit of stability is definitely nice, because he's still trying to wrap his head around all of that. Gerome isn't really what he'd assume any child of Henry's to be like, nevermind the fact that he thinks he's a bit of a dick.

"It's-- kind of weird, honestly, I mean-- he's grown now, isn't he? You two look about the same age, it seems like it might be sort of late for role-modeling."