[He doesn't give him an answer because he doesn't really have one. He had never had a kid under his care and he tried his best, but he definitely made a lot of mistakes with the tiny bundle of anger and teaching him how to ask for a kiss was sadly not one of his biggest mistakes.]

But you eventually learned, didn't you? And without an accent. I wish I knew Italian as well as you know Spanish. [He always spoke French better, but he isn't about to rub that in.]