"Your dad's a good guy, Sam." Eliot nodded. "I mean, when it comes down to it. he really is. He's got his problems, but we all have problems and issues and quirks. His is his drinking, and it doesn't make him a bad person, or even weak. it makes him human." Eliot shrugged. "If my dad had been half as grounded as Nate, even when Nate is drunk, maybe things would have been different for me, but it is what it is. Nate's just lucky, to have a kid like you for a son."