[ ... ] You're wrong, though. If I had money, I'd bet on you being wrong. Maybe it's no skin off your nose to put a roof over her head or food in the fridge, but all a kid'll see is someone actually bothering to take the time. It...makes a difference. Makes someone care.

[ after all, hadn't that been the crux of the matter in luceti valley? a jack who'd actually tried to provide for his family, no matter how they'd ended up there. ]