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Chuckling, Marty took an actual swig from his beer this time. "That bad by comparison, huh? Well, as I'm pretty sure without knowing anything about them, that everything you just mentioned is out of my price range, I can skip the wine and offer beer instead," he said with a wink. Not that there was a lot of alcohol in the house for them at all. They had beers for the family because most of them drank beer when they 'relaxed'. They occasionally had wine for really special occasions. Queen and Merlyn might have something, but Marty didn't know offhand. He'd never been a big drinker because of his dad, occasionally hitting a bar when the day had truly sucked but never drinking heavily. "Unless you're into the rare microbrews that G was, in which case, I don't think we have those around by this point."
Marty shook his head. "And I only meant you could be talking to the two of us and you're still over here with the wall," he clarified with a good-natured shrug. "But, you're out of luck on Monday." Being off duty with Savannah might drive Thomas to seek out lonely. Smirking at the photo op, Marty didn't envy Travis when Thomas found out about that picture. "Why would giggling and monosyllabic words get you out of training? We'd just train you the way we're training the kids. Hide and seek and baby aerobics with Savannah. Books an CD from Dom, math and science and about a dozen languages. Classical music and Jazz from Sean."
Raising an eyebrow, he shrugged. "When I find some normal people I'll let you know? But, if you mean people not Hammonds -- and I don't say that disparagingly, but because your family is from a very different class than most of the rest of us -- it's really individual." Marty saw no reason not to treat that like a serious question. It was one of those things that made it difficult for the brothers to find their feet in the team. "Just in my family we have people who like to talk about music, history, literature, physics, comic books, sports, politics, military strategy. We talk about ourselves to a degree, usually anecdotes or stories the others know of our hilarious misdeeds. Sometimes philosophy or religion sneaks in. Really, we just talk about whatever interests each other or is important to each other. Like just now, I brought up your brother because I know he's important to you and I'm here to help if you guys need it while he's injured. But, I keep it light and let you steer the conversation where you want in that regard because I've worked with both of you long enough to know you value your privacy, which is actually pretty common in this family. So, I'm used to it."