You realized what you just said was the you believed in it, and then stopped. There's nothing wrong with that. So did I - repeatedly - but that doesn't mean you're not capable and never have been.

[ Also he's pretty sure after what happened with Cable - and his own dad - he just. He'd be such an absolute shit parent. He's not doing that to a kid. Beyond the kids he already has or had, in some other universe or otherwise. ]