"Oh. I'm sorry---" Jack thinks you're supposed to say things like that when you hear about foster homes and adoption, but it isn't really out of pity. It's more that Jack wants to say the correct things. He wants to appear normal because he knows that he's not. He doesn't remember growing up, and he easily could have a similar story but if he does he doesn't know it.

"Was that difficult?" he asks once he realizes that he isn't actually sure. "It seems like it might be."