Nice moment, and quite a character you’ve hinted at in that last paragraph. A little disjointed, but I think it got where you wanted it to. I like all the possibilities raised, but it does seem to violate the content of the first bit since the kid’s dad is supposed to be someone he knows.

…dang, I didn’t see that part in the last paragraph.

Unless of course we break out the epileptic trees: Suppose he was someone his kid knew, but they were separated at birth and the father had plastic surgery to conceal his identity beforehand, which was just now undone…

Edited slightly to fit in better with Robert Quick’s sequel.