"His name is Ted," Jack says with a big, warm smile. "He is this tall and, well, he may have been human once? But I try not to pry. Now most people would consider him a monster, but he is really a kind person. He gets into more trouble than anyone that nice ought to get into, actually."

And now that his hands are free, he starts using them to accent his speech, including holding one up to demonstrate just how much taller than he is that Ted is. It's much taller.