Claudia took the hint and dropped the topic of Steve's mom. Instead, she went with the joking route and tried to continue the conversation on a path where it would be away from heavy emotional stuff and would, instead, allow her a path to retreat. "Well, it sounds like you have a pretty good reason to make sure your adoptive sister - me - stays around then. Otherwise, you might shrivel up and get all creepy-sad instead of continuing being adorable without an adorable model."
"You can install a doorbell so we can ding dong ditch." She teased, then shrugged and moved to get up and retrieve her laptop.
"I intend on getting your facial hair out of a vending machine at the grocery store, so - if it's creepy, at most I'll be out seventy-five cents to a few bucks." Claudia pointed out, shrugging, moving to take her laptop into her bedroom and then coming back to grab the parts sitting on the table. She figured the conversation to be over, really.