There's a vague hope in him that maybe this kid gets it. It sounds like he does. That maybe with friends like him, Kyoko will turn out a little less like Yondu.

Honestly that's his biggest hope for the kids around here. That they don't grow up to be like him. It's not even the killing that he's worried about. Or the stealing. It's the loneliness, and the fact that the world rarely ever feels good.

"See, people like her need folks with that kinda experience behind 'em."