[ well. this is awkward. on one hand, they're the kid's parents. on another, he definitely wouldn't like one of them telling some stranger all about him. you never really know who works for the police, but again, he supposes, if anyone wanted any of them behind the bars they wouldn't need to look for extra dirt to put them there. ]

[ might start with careful, at any rate. ]

We fought in the war together. It made us as tight as brothers, at the time.

Why the sudden interest in your folks, if I may ask?