[ Ozpin again, huh? He certainly is the sort to make an impression on people, and thinking about that helps Ford come around to the point that Qrow is making. It's not just his family that's important to Qrow - or maybe it's more like the people that are important to him weren't always his family. Some of them were strangers at first, people he might have never met if his life had gone even slightly differently.
Immediately, Ford knows he can't change his definition of 'family' to include people that aren't Stan, Dipper, and Mabel, and he knows that even if he could he wouldn't want to. But that doesn't mean the world has to be categorized into 'family' and 'everyone else' either. Already, Fiddleford is someone he'd consider more than merely a friend. He knows the Wendy and Soos are both similarly important to Stan, Dipper, and Mabel. And the people they've all come to know and care about here, too. Ruby, Willow, Oscar, Glitch, Ritsuka - and Qrow, of course. None of them family, but all of them something more than mere friends.
And he thinks it's probably the other way around, too. Certainly Qrow, at the very least, would not be subjecting himself to this horrendously awkward conversation if there wasn't some sort of critical connection between the Pines and the people of Remnant. It's annoyingly simple now that everything has fallen into place, and Ford can only sigh when he thinks about how thoroughly he missed the point prior to this. Mabel wouldn't be mad at him, but surely she'd pat him on the arm and give him that disappointed-but-sympathetic look. ]
At the very least, I know Ruby won't let it stand if she thinks someone she cares about is in trouble.
[ It's said like half a joke, because Ford desperately needs to get away from the emotionally raw and vulnerable parts of this conversation, and just as desperately needs Qrow to understand that Ford knows exactly what's being offered to him. ]
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Immediately, Ford knows he can't change his definition of 'family' to include people that aren't Stan, Dipper, and Mabel, and he knows that even if he could he wouldn't want to. But that doesn't mean the world has to be categorized into 'family' and 'everyone else' either. Already, Fiddleford is someone he'd consider more than merely a friend. He knows the Wendy and Soos are both similarly important to Stan, Dipper, and Mabel. And the people they've all come to know and care about here, too. Ruby, Willow, Oscar, Glitch, Ritsuka - and Qrow, of course. None of them family, but all of them something more than mere friends.
And he thinks it's probably the other way around, too. Certainly Qrow, at the very least, would not be subjecting himself to this horrendously awkward conversation if there wasn't some sort of critical connection between the Pines and the people of Remnant. It's annoyingly simple now that everything has fallen into place, and Ford can only sigh when he thinks about how thoroughly he missed the point prior to this. Mabel wouldn't be mad at him, but surely she'd pat him on the arm and give him that disappointed-but-sympathetic look. ]
At the very least, I know Ruby won't let it stand if she thinks someone she cares about is in trouble.
[ It's said like half a joke, because Ford desperately needs to get away from the emotionally raw and vulnerable parts of this conversation, and just as desperately needs Qrow to understand that Ford knows exactly what's being offered to him. ]