It's only after her explanation starts up that he processes her earlier comment. If she doesn't know how people 'manage' it then she'd never actually been successful in it herself, had she? And here he is grilling her.

"I don't really..." Know what that means. Any of it, in terms of real life. He bites down on the inside of his mouth, watching her. He doesn't feel right asking her anything else. "Yeah," he says, changing tacks. "I guess it is. We're used to that though, right. Slim odds." To put it lightly. He quirks half a smile at her and sets his bowl down, still licking his lips.