[He pauses for a moment, taking the slowest breath he can possibly manage. It should be easy. He'll make it that way, eventually... but for now, he'll manage to keep himself from crying when he speaks.]

Heh. [Trying to keep it light hearted.] My mom liked pranks... and doing things with her hands, being creative. My dad could be stubborn as hell over the smallest things, but... he always had me and Mom in mind, and he'd always laugh at our jokes.

[He can't look straight at Susato as he talks. Maybe the eye contact would be too much.]

They were so generous. I never had to ask for something more than once, for me or my friends. Maybe because they were always so busy, they... [huff.] Anyway.