"Gee, I can't tell if that's reassuring or not." But there's a shade of weary good humor in his voice, either way. (Sheesh, who let all these kids in here?) He knows who he ought to be saving his piece of mind for, and it's not the helpful (if painfully blunt) little boy who answers his unasked question.

As long as it's not just a ploy to get his wallet. (Not that this place looks anywhere near bad off enough to support the kind of gangs that populate the Slums. But seriously, that's not happening again.)

"Huh?" Okay - now there's a loaded question. "Uh, sure. Everything's still where it ought to be, so I guess so."