He nods, because she's right. He isn't his parents. William and Ava McCartney were wonderful people--and very sedentary people who got meaning and value from living a life settled comfortably in their little house in Town.

But he can't stop the frowning. Can't not still give a tiny unhappy squirm.

"How'm-- I gonna be a dad, though? If I can't-- stick t' one place?"