Of course we are. [And he still kind of can't believe that happened, because it's not like he'd planned on it, even if there had always been a desperately lonely part of himself that often went unacknowledged that wanted a family. He'd had Raven, and he'd been beyond grateful for that, but having the kids and Erik and Moira around too had felt good in a way nothing else really had before.] God knows I've told enough people here that I've got three kids at home.

[He's kidding, because you're not kids, he knows, he knows. (He has actually told lots of people he has kids tho.)]

Seriously, Alex, you've been a part of my family for quite a long time at this point, you certainly don't have to apologize for implying it to anyone, or just saying it flat out.