"My father is like that. As you know. No grey for him. But I always saw the grey all around." Perhaps there had been something wrong with him from the start. He couldn't say for certain. "I always thought that you were good. I reckon everyone does. You are honest. You are kind too."

A very undervalued quality. "But being good and kind doesn't always lead to things going the way they should, does it?" Clearly not. "When people tried bribing my father, he'd never take it. But I wondered even as a boy whether he didn't take it because he felt it was wrong or because it was so important for him to stay good. Always by the book. He cares more about his reputation than about morals, really. If they told him that the wrong thing was right, he'd do it that way. He has in the past. Still does. So much that's wrong with the system. There aren't really many good people out there. Not truly good like you."