[Believing in the future drives him forward. Because the future is all he wants to leave his children. Better they live to see it than to have no chance of living. Hearing his life ends in failure only makes him more determined to give them the opportunity to thrive.

But in thinking about his situation, he begins thinking about the solution. If Verso will involve himself once more to defend that girl, there is someone else he can approach to solve the problem.]

I didn't come to fight. [He attempts to diffuse the situation, so he can later act without resistance.] Just ensure you offer them the same advice.

[It doesn't even occur to him to question why he cannot accept the truth.]