[ Jefferson rubs his eyes and lets out a short exhale. ]

Yeah. Welcome to love and... starting a family. That feeling never goes away.

[ The drive to protect and care, and the fear of anything bad happening to them. He claps Victor on the shoulder, though, momentarily distracted from his own misery. ]

You're going to do a lot of stupid things for them, and it'll all be worth it.

[ Well. It won't all be worth it. But what are the odds that Victor will screw up as catastrophically as Jefferson?? Ha. ]