[No, it isn't. But it's difficult to toss himself into the hands of complete strangers, kids or no, humoring them for their sake alone, just jaded enough to see it as an inconvenience; all the while, the other half of him knows that it is really no inconvenience at all, just a few minutes of his time. Some mote of happiness wrought from his presence.
no subject
He lets five whole minutes pass.]
Fine. No more than a few minutes.