[ His old man, huh? Was it friendly teasing or a sincere form of disappointment? ]

We don't have any old cars sitting around that he failed to fix. Guess he got good at the lotto.

[ If Ash wasn't so good at pushing through things, he'd find it almost too hard to compliment so openly. ]

And he taught a few classes to kids from the streets before he got too injured to keep teaching.

Maybe the next time they talk, they can talk about that instead. Or his literary prizes. That'd take up some time.