[ His expression softens... ]

... My mother used to make me hot cocoa in the morning, if she learned I had a nightmare.

[ Then, things changed. They always do. ]

Anyway, that sounds like it must have tasted pretty good. My-... Someone I knew before liked tea a lot. He's, uh... the reason I was staring, earlier, in fact. [ which... ] Sorry about that.

[ It's rude to stare, after all! ]