He smiled wanly. He remembered, now, that Tear was not one to joke about such things. She preferred everyone alive- it was who Tear was, and her duty as a Seventh Fonist. At the mention of Anise, the smile tugs at the corners of his lips again, then slips away as he leans back into his chair, sipping at his mug.
"Mm, she worries about me more than I do." She never admitted it, just as Jade never admitted his worry for the young lady nor his watchful red gaze over the rest of his motley brood of children. He takes in a breath, then releases a wet sigh, leading into a cough, directing it and the following ones into the crook of his arm.
"I'll survive," He mentioned after he'd recovered. "I don't get sick often, but when I do, it tends to hit me harder than normal." Growing up in the deep cold of the silver city made you immune to many illnesses associated with cold and wet weather, but sometimes, those little things got caught in Jade's system and festered, growing until they could be noticed. By then, they were big enough that they put Jade out for a while.