"She's not my mother," he corrected hurriedly, "I mean, in a weird, round about way, but...not...really. Um...yeah, I don't know if I can really explain it properly, it involves a lot of fuckery, and souls, and...universe hopping."
"She taught me a little bit, but she's pretty busy most of the time, and...most of the stuff I know I learned from my boyfriend's mom's self help book actually."