"None of that." He spoke his voice a touch sympathetic. "What you did in the past, which I don't know at all and I don't care unless you want to tell me. Has NOTHING to do with who you will be when you leave here. Redemption is a tough rocky road and you don't have to suffer it alone. I'm not claimin' I'm a good person myself, I just don't want to see you have to do this alone. So will you give me a chance to be here for you?"