No, he can cling if that's what he needs, it's fine. She'll even pet his hair a little. The talking directly in her ear is a smidge loud, and the pretending gets a raised eyebrow.

"I don't. I'm guessing Reed Richards, but I could be wrong. He's a very famous scientist around here, likes to claim he's the smartest person in the world. He certainly believes it." Not that she does. "It doesn't make you a bad person to be sad sometimes. It's not a weakness to be human."