Emotions suck. As father and son, they can agree on this.

"Good..." His words sound lame even to him but he soldiers through. He instead of talking, very hesitantly, giving the kid plenty of time to see it coming, reaches out a hand to put on Riki's shoulder. "I won't dump you." The quiet conviction in that is all he can offer.

He doesn't answer the last bit. Maybe he doesn't know. Maybe he doesn't want to. That was Gabe's life, technically, and Guts has been doing his best to seperate himself from his experience in Eddan.