Does she see? Does she? He looks sideways at her a bit longer, still smiling but sharp-eyed in a way that makes it fairly obvious he's trying to figure her out. He doesn't manage to, but he does look away after a moment, because not looking away would be creepy.

"Mostly his son," he says, in an aw shucks tone, though he does mean it, and his voice evens out as he goes on: "and being in one place for a while, I think."

And her and Taas. But that would be serious and sincere, if he said it, so he doesn't. An abrupt and transparent subject change sounds better.

"So! You're Commander Cullen's sister, so you must be from Honnleath."