He's good at it. He's good at more things than he realizes. [He's amazing. He's the best family Cassel's ever had. But that, surely, shows on his face; he doesn't need to say any of it.]

[All that wasn't quite what he meant, although it's definitely part of it. There's a poeticism that he ascribed to - still does - and that part finds it fitting. Almost beautiful.]

[He tilts his head.] No . . . not quite. It would've once, though. It would've just taken the change and run with it. I would've wanted the excuse.