He was relieved that Dagny took the bit about his grandparents in stride. He rather thought his family had proved they'd moved out of the shadows after the war, and most of the time, he didn't even think about the murky pasts of his parents or grandparents.
"Well, that's probably because Bash doesn't know how to charm people. Especially old people," Thad joked, though there was a thread of truth in the words. If anyone ever asked him to describe Bash, the first word he would probably ever say was prickly, and even if the other guy was showing signs of better moods these days, Thad wasn't counting on a complete personality overhaul for his old dormmate.