This'll be my first Halloween. It's a sad story to know that my wife won't be here to share it with our family. [He's starting to realize that she probably isn't coming for him. He doesn't want to think that the possibility is that she starved to death... So his mind tracks onto happier thoughts.]

I'd like to have a party for my children, Jack, bu~t I don't know how to hold a Halloween party... Think you could help? [Yes he knows what Halloween is- kids love it, he needs to know- but it's never come up, so once again he's stuck for details. And from what the Other Father can pick up from Jack's excitement, he thinks he's speaking to the right guy.]