Ceodore is a good lad. He's honest and good. Eager and strong. He shall be a fitting heir someday. [He doesn't meet Tellah's eyes as he says any of this; it's far too personal for him to say with any comfort.] As long as he continues to act properly, there is no reason to worry.

....Yet I am happy that he's safe. Why is it that he's left? [The unspoken question is very much there: "Am I a terrible father?"]