damn, you didn't have to dunk on him so hard there! he's early to mid 30s, likely from bar harbor or the surrounding area, his family owns a number of gas stations, hotels, and chain restaurants and pressured him to sort of fall in line and be involved in the family business which made him particularly unhappy. couple that with a girlfriend that his family definitely didn't approve of, and it basically cemented his cantankerous attitude. he used to tell stories to his younger brother growing up which he eventually turned into a ya trilogy and did somewhat well which stands in clear contrast to what people know about him. he currently does the finances for the hotels that his family owns and spends as much time as he can outside. if she's able to joke about herself being distant then i think he'd probably joke with her about that since it's probably a quality he would have enjoyed about her all along.