It does kind of sound like his humor at play here, sort of like when you wondered if he had a second child but didn't see a picture and he said they don't talk about the other one. So, sort of a smart aleck kind of humor. I wouldn't take it to heart. My therapist said it's very common for clients to ask for transitional objects. She also has a very high bar for what she will consider weird. I don't think I've found where that threshold is yet.