I'm developing an odd fascination with Dave, who I didn't much care about when he first appeared.

I especially like #12 - that Dave is smart enough to learn from his father's mistakes but not so arrogant or judgmental as to think he can easily avoid them.

I think being the one who stayed behind when John fled probably changed him as much as being the one who fled changed John, but maybe in ways that made then more alike than they had been before. Because now John's scared of losing his team, and Dave of losing his kids - both family, though