[The awkwardness of the bow doesn't make him feel any less like he's being given more respect than he deserves.

He takes a breath.]

They're... everything to me. My whole world. I almost missed it. I got a chance that no one ever does. Between that and the two of them, I'm... the luckiest man in the world. No matter what happens.

My wife, Imelda, works as an RA here. She's incredible person. The kids look up to her-- and they're right to. She gives... a sense of home, even when it feels like everything is falling apart. And yet she's still so powerful. Not just summoning and magic but who she is.

And mi niñita, ay she's grown so much. My Coco. She had her quinceñera this year. I cried. Every picture of me dancing with her has me in tears. And what a dancer she is. All in secret learning every dance she could, teaching herself, taking every chance. She got same spark as her Mamá and a heart so big. She believed in me, even when there was no proof. She never hurt her Mamá, never. But she... she held on to me.

[He blinks fast and his head bows.]

Here I go, crying again. Dios, it doesn't stop.

If... if not for them. For her... I wouldn't be here at all.