"No, I... I think I understand," he says doubtfully. How is it this never came up before? This makes the act of simply saying his name so much more intimate than Johnny ever realized. He's distracted immediately by Gabe's instruction to 'do like Mako', which, at a glance, seems vaguely insulting on top of making zero sense.

"Do like Mako what?" he says. "You mean like say nothing?" Without leaving room for a reply, he barrels on indomitably: "Gabe, please eat your soup. I made it for you."