Hughes happily takes the distraction of Elysia's photo and runs with the enthusiasm about it from Jesse. "She's always asking if she can help her mother out around the house. I swear, if Elysia could fit into them, she'd be wearing her mother's clothes, too." He laughs heartily as he thinks about it. There had been a morning where Elysia had tried just that not too long before he ended up in the Nexus. It was a fond memory.

"Uh, well..." You'd think a man who'd been in the military as long as Hughes or who constantly teased his best friend about getting a wife as much as Hughes did would be above embarrassment. "Things have been a little... dicey in my world. My wife's all for starting on the next one, but I want to wait a little longer. I do want another, though."