[His smile grows just a little tenser at the mention of Wilder Sr. - today is definitely not the day to mention that not only is he passingly familiar with their father, he's the reason the man vanished from view - but it slips away to something blank and startled in response to her approval of his parenting skills. No one's ever told him, sincerely and unprompted, that he did well with Asch. He wasn't ready for that.]
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