His face flushed as he wanted to hold her, but was embarassed to do so without permission.

"Good ta meet you too, sir," he rumbled. "I've... I've come t' ask your blessing. I'd like to have Fluss as my wife. I wanted ta ask... n' jst let ya know up front, I ain't always been a good guy. Even when yer girl found me I wasn't kind or gentle, n' I was less then welcome even on my own team. But yer girl.... Fluss, she changed me, n' I've been tryin' hard. I can't see no more, n' there're a lot a fathers won't let me near thier families, n' I can't tell ya how much I love her, or what she's done fer me, but I can give ya my word that I'll never let harm come t' her, but I'll do my best ta protect n' love yer daughter the way she deserves."

He finished, looked slightly faint from blurting out his fears, then squared his jaw and waited to be tossed back into his own world minus Fluss by an angry father.