"I'm not exactly a perfect person myself. Can't say I've always made the right choices. Plus, you know what my career was." People don't like spies, and for good reason. They shouldn't. He's done things in the pursuit of a greater justice that most here would condemn him for, which is why he doesn't talk about it. To most in Beacon, he's still just a former soldier who died in battle, and he's glad they never question any further.

"But in that line of work, I got good at understanding people. There's always more to someone than how they present themselves to the world. I know there's probably not some proverbial heart of gold buried in here," he says with a smile still as he tips his chin down, resting his forehead against Will's as he places a hand on his chest. "But that's not what drew me to you anyway. It's your intelligence, your resilience. Your persistence against all odds. You're driven. That's what I see."