Me, too, truth be told. [If it had shaken Vastra, he knew it had to be something proportionally horrid. He squeezed her hand in return, clasping its twin over top]

Is it like how... when we shifted before and you were my mom? That's still not gone away.

[A grin followed, soft and not meant to be mocking at all, but if he didn't tease her, there was something deathly wrong with their relationship]

So do I have a new brother? I don't mind, just so long as I get to boss Max around still.