A moment of silence as he assimilated the sassy tone wrapped around her words. Paired with the innocent look in her eyes, it almost made no sense, but he felt a bark of laughter bubble up from the depths of his throat all same. Imagine his surprise when it actually rang through the air, only to have an amused toothy smile linger on his face. And that felt good. Only could be appreciated by a guy who sometimes had to go without - quite literally. "Because I'm in charge?" Another bark of laughter, another slight shake of his head as he again was forced to draw similarities between Sam and Eva. He tried not to, but sometimes it was stronger than himself.
And again, he wondered if he should actually tell her this time around, an inner debate that happened every single time he met one of the Ashleys. But cold, hard reason won out every single time. That little voice that said that he'd never believed the news he'd gotten from his own family, so why would they?