Well, she's just.. [ .. he pauses for a moment as he thinks. Man, it's already felt like a really, really long time since he last saw his mother. Half of the time he finds himself so occupied with Minako and her condition that he doesn't even realise just how homesick he is, huh? But he doesn't linger too long on the thought, instead continuing. ]

.. she's pretty great. I mean, yeah, she's scary as hell, but it's just since she can be really strict sometimes, y'know? I guess she had to be since she raised me all by herself 'cause dad ran off after getting her pregnant.