She sounds very proud of them, even if it did seem like she lost many of them too soon. "Sorry to hear that," and genuinely he is. "Your granddaughter sounds a lot like my boy, to be honest. Though he only made himself a little crew when he left, it worked out for him real good."

He almost was going to ask if any of them took after their uncle even a little, in temperament or whatever, but considering so many of them passed it seems inappropriate somehow.

"Sounds like she accomplished a lot. Even if some of it was a surprise. I guess there are lot worse ways a kid can throw you for a loop." Doing exceptional things despite their vices is definitely up there, and he knows exactly what that kind of fondness (and exasperation) is like.

"Hell, your whole family accomplished a lot." And while he is actually pretty secure in his appearance he's not so much with his life, often he wishes he'd managed just more in general. Too many regrets, too few met goals. And only one, maybe two, people better for having known him. To him, this family somehow managed mythical level feats in just seeing things through. Though obviously it did come at drastic costs, both from them and the people faith was misplaced in. It was no small feat of theirs, certainly, and he does look impressed.