[ He lets out a breath that isn't quite a sigh, and takes a long few seconds to consider. ]

I'll listen, if you need to tell me. [ He decided finally. ] But that ain't my decision, Frank. Your past is your past. And whatever happened in it, it helped form the man you are now. I don't need to know.

[ A part of him wanted to, the same way he wished he knew what had happened to Amos, to make him the way he was. But a large part of the rest of him was pretty aware that story would break his heart, no matter what it was.

He had a feeling this story would, too. ]