He waves a hand, apparently dismissing both the deflection and Garrot's bizarre embarrassment, and he's smirking proudly, like he won the conversation here.

"Where I'm from, that makes him your husband." So there!!

He backs off from there though almost immediately, settling back on his butt. The smirk becomes a more friendly grin, and his tone shifts, just a little, just enough that it's clear he's gossiping basically, offering his thoughts because they're friends and Garrot definitely needs to be smacked in the head about this one.

"You all make things so much more complicated then they need to be. You can live your own lives and still be partners," he says, shrugging. "I was only curious because raising four kids by yourself seems, hmm... insane, I think is the right word?" Only two is a lot as well, but it's a little less crazy to him.