Maybe tackle the ugly curtains. Some of the crockery is a little dated, too.

[ Maybe she's keeping this up a little more than she has to, pushing the joke a little further than it should have rightfully gone, but she needs to be reminded that it is her brother in there still. It's still Balthazar and not some mindless monster.

The second he stops finding bad jokes funny is when they really need to start worrying, obviously. ]

Not like we'll need it when all this gets sorted anyway, right?

[ When. Not if, when. ]