Yeah, we get along. When she's not being a total hardass.

[ Somehow, the fondly annoyed comment speaks more to their closeness than anything plainly positive he could've said. ]

She raised me alone, so... it's always been the two of us. [ He purses his lips, somewhat embarrassed. ] You close with any family at all?

[ Some of his closest friends aren't, so he asks the question very loosely — he seems to anticipate more than a normal person that some people don't have great relationships with blood ties. ]