It was his thing! Jacob would've been flattered to hear such from his daughter. He was used to getting very startled reactions or people acting like he had an octopus on his head and was speaking backwards. For some reason, people seemed to have a hard time with his jokes, even after being around him for going on 20 years now. (Although, these reactions generally had very little effect on him. He just kept on going!) "Yes! My big, strong 21-year-old daughter. This is the 21st century, after all," replied Jacob with a huff. He smiled, paused, and then asked, "Hey, kid, are you doing okay?"