Ryan really wasn't offended or upset by that - he was more... surprised. He blinked. "Whoa, what? I'm not - I didn't mean to act like I'm good enough or something, I just..."

Man. He frowned and tilted his head towards a wall. "I just want to try and help you as best I can. I don't really get a chance to do really good things a lot so I wanted to... try." He looked back at her after a minute. "...You really care about her that much? Like, as a mom?"