"You already sound halfway to conjunxed!" Tarantulas points out with a quiet little titter. "Pardon me, I mean married. Her fussing over you, you making all these changes to improve your quality of life...if you both stick with it, I think you'll have a very good thing going."

His eyes are like little golden beads as he gazes up at César and says warmly, "I'm quite pleased for you."