I don’t understand why you didn’t do this earlier. And to think you wasted the best years of your life loafing around this God-given Earth without ever doing much at all. Your teachers always said so. They were already saying so in primary school—she’s full of promise, your daughter. It looked like you weren’t amounting to anything, and I nearly went and complained. But look, you’ve finally found your focus. And your-dad-and-I are so proud, we’re just so proud of you.”
