Hey, hey! He didn't ask for that. But he laughs anyway, ducking his head a bit. You missed this dumbass kid, admit it.

"I'm real glad," he says, with a softer expression too. "I mean, you don't always get second chances like that." He had the same with Ben, and he's desperately glad for it. Some nights he manages to talk to his uncle too. Mostly up on the roof in the middle of the night. So ... not so dissimilar, really. "But she couldn't have forgotten you, right? You're her dad. That's way too important of a relationship."