Devika gave him a mildly startled look, before she started to laugh. She reached out and gave Nicholas a punch in the shoulder. "Geez, lighten up, will you Nick? No talking about cancer at the lunch table. That's a rule." It was something she did for her parents, too. She demanded that they not speak about work while they were eating together. Sometimes, she just wanted them to get out of their own heads, out of that work mode, even for a little bit.