[The quick change of subject doesn't go unnoticed, but Max isn't going to push it. 'Family' isn't something she knows a lot about, honestly, but she's scraped her own together and knows enough about conventional families to know that it's often a touchy subject.

Far be it from her to push. On that, at least.]

There's still time. I have every confidence that he'll get himself into trouble. He's good at that.

[Truer words never spoken.]

How the hell did he manage that? Not like picking fights is anything new for him, but he must have been in rare form to go after everyone at once.

[Or just itching to have the crap beaten out of him. That was possible, too.]