"That's too bad," Russell says, because he thinks he knows Nikita well enough to imagine it wasn't her doing that had caused the rift. She might not be all that interested in nonsense and she might be pretty matter of fact, but he likes her and he knows it's a bias, but he suspects it's maybe her mother's doing.

"I mean, I'm guessin' you're pretty much used to it now, especially here. Not much can be done about it." But he still thinks people need their parents. Rather, they need good parents.