"Leo isn't ready," Jack said immediately. "Not yet. Maybe soon, but I have my eye on him too." Some people go by first names. Jack might have had a military title but it sounded so...boring to go by your family name. "But you can tell him anything you like." He had a pocket full of Retcon for a reason.

But she had asked some valid questions so Jack focused on that.

"I gave you a present on your sixth birth. A little gold locket. You still have it and you haven't figured out how to open it yet because you're trying too hard. I administered your A levels. I was in the receiving line when you got your second doctorate. You told me you liked my cologne." He'll go on if you'd like.