Tom is glad to be behind Dee when he makes his comment. There's a moment of startle and panic, still, sometimes when the subject of his odd family comes up. After a breath though Tom comes back around.

"My wife's family does have an inherited, genetic anomaly but I wouldn't expect it to be like yours." Tom mentioned and truthfully muscle wasting was not one of the issues Antheans had on Earth. "The condition is rare."

How much rarer could you get than alien? However, Tom made a mental note to talk to Damien since he could get lumped in with the family for sure.