“Your father may be blessed by a god, but he is only a man. And men, even great men like him, make mistakes.”

(amused) “So quick to sharpen your tongue yet not too long ago it sat like a dull knife in its sheath.”

(slight encouragement) “He needs you to be a great man. A better man. Better than him. Because you have a good heart. And can afford the sort of kindness and compassion that his grace cannot himself spare.“