Talking about his own family makes him nervous, rather than sad like it makes Amelia. Especially when people are becoming increasingly prone to criticising them. For once he'd like to not have a friend pre-emptively dislike his family. "No, a-and they don't comment on it all the time. When they comment on me, though, it's... it's usually what they mention."

"I did see it. I had a little look. I thought it might help in the dream, and it did. It's very impressive. Doubly so since it was drawn from your memory and not his. To have something of them so well done must be nice."