He hums and nods. It's not quite a sound of understanding. He doesn't have kids himself, and even if he did, he's not sure he'd be the same. His own father made leaving them look pretty easy, after all. But he knows Midge would do anything for them. That he does understand.

"You're doing right by them, you know," he says after a moment. "It's better for them to be at home, with family."