Claude just nods at that, resisting the urge to press for more about what's so weird about it. It doesn't seem to be a subject that this boy is eager to talk about, and he's not about to start badgering stray children about their families first thing on arrival to a new city.

In any case, that last comment gets a laugh out of him.

"Well, I'd say that's a fair assessment. We're a pretty strange bunch, aren't we?" He winks. "But it's good to have friends who are willing to help you out, even if some of them can be troublemakers. It sounds like you know them pretty well, though. Can you... understand them?"