He winces at her astute observation, then smiles, quick and bright, as she explains. "So Mrs. Grundy gets lost between now and the future. Good."

He hesitates for a second, but only that, before he reaches again to brush her hair back once more, letting himself run his fingers through it.

"If you're wondering," he murmurs, "I don't care. I just - I only brought it up because I wanted you to know the, the social stuff, in case you didn't. I guess I should have left it to Peggy to talk about that kind of thing."