There's just as much affection in Sam's smile when he nods in agreement with that sentiment as there'd been when he was talking about New York, though this time it's for the people who Sam'd somehow ended up with in his own family. Including Riley, of course, but this is one of the good moments where thinking of him doesn't hurt. "Yeah, man, I know how it is."

How it's still happening, seeing as some of the people here are getting like that, complicated as that is.

Then he laughs, a low, amused huff. "Little of both? Bird themes made sense, with the wings. Better than angels, that would have been a mess."