Hey, I'm a tough mom, right? I'm tough, kids hate comin' to my house for after-school activities.

[ Which is untrue, but she's aiming to (at least for right now) keep the mood lighter. ]

Judith has a little sword now, carries it around all day every day.

[ There's a little pride there. More than a little. She'll get back to probing Louis a little more on how he really is, but she doesn't want to bumrush him with emotions on a hard topic. ]