Shoulders visibly relaxing, he smiles at the allowance of food first. With one more drink of tea, he'll scoop out another slice from the box, and raise a brow at the way his cousin begins dabbing at the pizza. "You don't have to eat it, Russell. Unless you didn't get the sandwich you mentioned...?" He hopes his cousin doesn't feel pressured to be polite for his sake.

It takes Benjiro a second to make the connection, but he does pick it up, "Wait, the dog on that network post she made is the one you dog sit?" The number of connections between those that bear the Numbers is staggering. "That has terrifying implications and possibilities..."

Well, talking about Numbers things without yet going into Echoes is alright by him.