[It's a lot to take in. Now more than ever, he can't help but think of Tabitha. Sure, Tabitha's dad was as petty as petty crooks go, but he's seen what a criminal can do to their kid. He's seen it first hand when he saw his other life, what it would be like if his real mother had raised him.

At the conclusion of her story, he brings his arm down from the cushion and rests it around her shoulders instead.]

It's not stupid. You tried to be a better person. And you are one. Turning away from a life like that... it isn't easy.