She chuckles softly at his joke, but then as he fails to respond for a few moments she wonders if it even was a joke. She's not sure she can bear the responsibility of re-branding a new arrival. She watches him make unsuccessful eye contact with a child before he finally turns to her and answers.

She manages a warm smile and takes his hand.

"Right," she says. "You're welcome. Normally I'd be better at this, but... my circumstances a little weird right now." It's as much a preemptive apology as it is a present one.