"You know, I reckon you take after 'im. You match up with that. But of course my usual company was a bunch of rebel rousers so I might have sort of a skewed perspective of 'quiet' an' such."

But it makes sense to him. They seem a lot alike.

"I think if he raised someone that woulda stuck by ya, he woulda too." Which he doesn't mean to be as trite as it sounds. But a good parent would have went upside their own parent's head in favor of their child. If her folks stuck by her, they woulda made sure either their folks did or they didn't get to have her.