[In X's defence, who wouldn't be caught off guard by someone's casual mention of befriending a god who charges money for granting wishes.

Ahem.]

Are you asking because you want to know how I am, or are you asking because you're hoping it'll remind me that I promised to tell you about my family? [Resignedly fond. He couldn't keep putting off the conversation forever, after all, and maybe talking about happy memories will do him some good.]