"That sounds like me and my mom, actually." Jean is an only child in a world where that's a rarity, and his dad was around but traveled all the time. For most of his childhood, it had just been himself and his mom, so he understands where Harry's coming from. If anything, this just reinforces the close bond he and Heather obviously share. "I was kind of a disaster when I first got the barracks. It gets easier to be social if you practice it."
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Like he is! Right now!