[ So whatever issues Krouse has isn't with his Mom. It's with himself. Which is... a different sort of bad, Riz supposes, one that's a little more familiar to him. He can imagine why Krouse would fear his mother's disappointment, why there's remorse in his voice; whatever circumstances had led to him stealing a car and presumably get involved in some shady shit is probably the sort of thing most people don't tell their Moms. ]

Disappointed in some things, proud of others, [ Riz says with a shrug. ] I guess you take the good with the bad.

[ Sklonda Gukgak would not necessarily be proud of grand theft auto, but... okay, yeah, she'd be a little proud if he did it well enough. ]

Being nosy just runs in the family. My Dad was in a similar line of business. [ He offers Krouse a crooked smile. ] So I just never really bother trying? Besides, it makes things a lot easier to have someone to bounce ideas off of when I'm stumped in a case.

But I mean -- I guess it's different? She's the one who okayed me going to adventuring school, so it means she kind of has to be okay with all of the wild shit we get up to.