"Medical doctor," he says. "He was never certain what field he wanted to study permanently. He goes around overhauling emergency room operations now."

Jae doesn't know if that's true. It's what his father wanted to do, eventually. He hopes he ended up doing it; he was brilliant about it.

"Yours?" He catches the way she clarifies first dad, so he's cognizant she may not want to answer. They're going down a street now that's one lane over from the river, close to his building.