[ Keith actually lets out a small laugh at that. It's short but it happened so jot that one down in the history books. ]

My mom is badass like that. A warrior. I just met her for the first time a couple years ago. [ Well, technically. He'd spent two years with her in a quantum abyss in which time passed for them independently from the rest of the universe, so...again, don't ask. ]

Though I guess it's not the first time, is it? It's just-- the first that I remember. I'd grown up thinking she'd left for good. [ Keith is opening up to this guy so easily it's kind of startling, but maybe it's the whole Texan thing. Puts him at ease or something. ]