"Wouldn't dream of taking that away." Ty replied, putting his hands up in surrender. He figured there wasn't much use in arguing anyway. There were worse things than getting kicked out of the kitchen.

"Yeah. Well, it can be dealt with." He said after a moment. He just didn't know what else to say. "Dad..." He started as he turned to look at the older Kagan. He had more he wanted to say, but as his father looked up at him....all he could do was smile. "Uh, thanks...for listening."