Mm. Well, it wasn't like what humans are used to, but you and mother did the best you could.
[It had been hard, having their parents' work interfere with every aspect of their family's lives. Somehow their mother and father made it work up until it didn't.]
Maybe we could cook for everyone? A special dinner or something. If you aren't busy.
[He imagines his parents both have their own duties to attend to.]