[Why does it gotta seem like he's chasing the specter of his youth? That's not how the old man wants to be, especially at the kid's side. Fuck, isn't his age and experience part of what drew them together?

Eye to eye.]

Seemed easy when I thought about it. [As a thought, a notion.] It's important to me to be in this every which way I can. If this is how if feels all the time then...there might be a reason I work like I do.