His laugh makes Patrick laugh as well, but he manages to stifle it before he makes his same mistake. If the girls wake up or notice what's happening on this side of the house, there are no signs of it. Although he wouldn't put it past Claire to surprise them later, considering her propensity to want to join the grown ups in the middle of the night.

The sound of the dogtags make him pause as he raises the mug to his lips. He has noticed them since he came back, but this is the first time where it's just the two of them together for him to really notice. Did he have those before they left?

His admission that he considered robbing them makes him chuckle, though, making him forget of the question before he can think if he should ask it or not. Patrick did wonder about that, but obviously it hadn't changed anything at all between them. And Klaus hadn't done it, so he just shrugs slightly, because honestly it doesn't really matter at this point, does it.

Maybe one day they'll look at this and laugh just how they're doing now about those days. He just hopes it doesn't take another seven years for it.

"It's okay if you need some time, you know. Although, if you can teach Claire to like classical music, I'd greatly appreciate it."

He doesn't know all of what Klaus has gone through, or even what he has gone through now, but it's hard to imagine that this isn't the worst he has been through. He just doesn't want him to feel like he has to be okay if he isn't.

He huffs out a dry chuckle, shaking his head slightly. "Oh I don't know how much I'm helping. She's really struggling with this new normal."