It'll always be in private, just with her, maybe with some chao watching. They can work out how often later.

"It's okay, I don't worry about my birthday much." That doesn't mean he's getting out of being celebrated, though. He deserves it. "You've always been there when I really needed you. That's more important."

It's going to be extra adorable when the chao are mimicking his straightening of clothes, given they don't usually wear any. But he did say watching what he does is important...

"No, no pets. Dad didn't like them and after we moved to the apartment there wasn't really room. Some animals can lie. Apes, dolphins, the really intelligent ones. Dogs and cats can't lie really, not in my experience anyway. I'm guessing... all kinds of hunting dogs, for you, and a cat in the kitchen, and horses?" He is both fancy and English, and yes, these are wild assumptions, but they're halfway jokes. She wouldn't be surprised if it were true.