If it was anyone else, Jo might have wondered if they were joking. With Ted, the statements about Jake and Lucy-Belle were surprising but she knew that they weren't a joke. She didn't quite release her hold on him but did look up with a bemused smile.
"You're really unique, you know that?"
She meant it as a compliment. Not many men would keep a horse in their house or set up entire rooms for cats. It showed a kind of care that Jo found very attractive.
Besides, she wasn't exactly normal herself so she wouldn't have known what to do with someone who was truly 'normal.'