[Honey]

Sitting forward to rise, the legs to his chair gave a creaking sound that reminded him of the rocker on the porch, and everything else in the house as the boy reminded him earlier, and rising from his seat with a protest from the chair he stepped closer. "I hadn't meant to upset ya with that I said," he mentioned as he stepped beside the boy at his quiet response, and lifting a hand he set it on the boy's shoulder.