He smiled at him! He had a lot of kids! Maybe he would not be that chagrined by the news of his son. Maybe Benjamin could even teach his father to be a little more tolerant, with that working class charm!

He beamed obliviously at all the low-key terrified children, who would certainly be his not-quite brothers and sisters one day.

“No,” he said, and his smile wavered slightly. “German.”

… His father’s side was German, so it was kind of true!