His body language says stiff and vaguely uncomfortable, but he's trying and that makes Amelia more at ease with opening up. They don't have a history of pissing each other off or that would give him reason to take what she's saying and use it against her. It's still not something she's terribly comfortable with, but she's trying.

"A handful," she says with a small laugh. "Two brothers and a sister, all younger than me. And for most of my life, my paternal grandparents lived with all of us and my parents. We had a very crowded house, but I didn't have to share my room after my sister was out of her crib." A small blessing for being the eldest.

"What was your home like?" she asks. And then, realizing that question could be taken several ways, she adds, "I mean the physical one. Did you live in a city or somewhere far away from it all?"