"Whoa, hey! Don't be sorry! That's totally cool!" He offers a grin, trying to bring some wind back into the stranger boy's sails. This is a guy who takes life a little too seriously, he can already tell. Ear wiggle aside.

"Who knows? Maybe we're like, cousins or something? It's not like I know where my family's from-for all I know, mom or dad had a long lost brother or sister somewhere." He shrugs. "It would be pretty wild if we had the same last name."