"There's neatly trimmed facial hair and then there's crazed hermit. If I don't shave today, it'll start to qualify as crazed hermit," Matt said teasingly in return. He normally was never clean-shaven, but there was a huge difference between having a small bit of manicured scruff and not shaving for a few days to just let the beard do its own thing. He wasn't someone who liked the latter, even if Kate didn't seem to mind or notice.

Matt was many things, several of them even nice and gracious things. However, he also had a decent ego on himself when it came to his looks and charm, so when Mrs. Sato initially cooed over seeing her handsome boy, there was a brief moment of confusion on Matt's face. He thought handsome, of course, was applied to him, yet he didn't know this woman. It took a moment for him to sheepishly realize she meant Lucky, then for the embarrassment to shift back into pleasure when the compliment circled back around to him again.

He held out his hand, waiting for the older woman to shake it, as he gave her a charming smile. "Matthew Murdock. I can already tell from your hospitality and the wonderful smells here that I should blame myself for not having visited your shop sooner. Please, I have Kate here to show me around, but if you've got anything new she wouldn't know, keep us in the loop." A bark, then Matt added, "See, Lucky agrees with me."