He does not have the luxury of taking care of their problems before those problems find them. The homestead is often under siege. And that is something that is going to be unsustainable, especially with that baby bump showing. Just another worry to add to the long list of worries that will never be resolved by standing around here.

"I know things are different." He can see, hear, feel that for himself. Many things have changed for the better. Some things have not. "And I also know where this road you're on will take you. Sometimes trouble comes finding you and yours, and you have to do what you have to do. But are you gon' stand there and tell me you don't ever go looking for trouble?"