Sariatu can't help the sharp little intake of breath as he says that. She hasn't heard anyone call her that since Kubo had two eyes, and... She doesn't burst into tears, of course, but they well up a bit and she smiles and steps forward, into his arms.

It's his smile, the one only Hanzo ever drew out of her. Kubo, you're going to have to deal with being sandwiched between your parents as she presses her hand to the side of Beetle's face.

"Married to a bug," she says quietly, with a little laugh in her voice - she can't not tease him a little, if only to keep herself from losing too much of her cool in public. She never did like that. "I'm so glad you're here."