"It's... complicated, really," Jake said cautiously, looking down at the book in his hand, less to read it but clearly this would be a hint awkward. "The whole situation with my family, I mean. I probably should start out with the fact I'm adopted. My grandmother isn't really my grandmother, not by blood, and isn't my parents' mother. I call her my grandmother because she's like family, you know? She's just always been there in my life. But, yeah, she's different than the rest. I think my parents always just sort of put up with her because she's old and senile, according to them."