The strongest reaction about his comment at dinner seemed to come from Neal, even beyond Malcolm's own, but Klaus chalked it up to both, the fact that he and Neal had never met before this, and some sort of protective streak. The kind of thing he could easily imagine among any of his siblings in various combinations, were those shoes on the opposite feet. He didn't exactly take the matter to heart, and has had a drink or two since then anyway.

"I don't know what you put in the gumbo, but-- mmm! It was delicious." he comments, in a sort of off-hand way; the start of a conversation if he wishes, or easily brushed off if he doesn't. Klaus has no expectations, at this point.