He'd appreciate that. He didn't like wasting sober breath on Arlo unless he had to.

He tilted his head a little as he listened and thought over his answer, ring tapping a few times against his glass.

"I've been sharin' a space with you for near a week now. None of us are perfect but you ain't cruel. You're not mean spirited. Whatever flaws you got, you seem to be a decent man. That puts you miles ahead of Arlo already. Just don't beat your lady or your kid and you're set."

Spoken as a child of that kind of environment, anything above that line was.. more than he could have asked for as boy.