[Johnnie chuckles. Yeah okay, that explanation makes a lot of sense. He taps the toe of his shoe against hers.]

You're doin' great, baby girl. If you gotta remind yourself to bail when it's time, then do what you gotta do. Y'know, there's shit I've learned over the years from doin' it myself where you wanna push as hard as you can, but sometimes that means being a little smart about when it's time to stop. ... Can't say I've always been real good at that, though.

[Obviously. He likes to think he's smart, that he's learned enough in life to work out when it's time to quit so he can cause problems another day, but the evidence of that is very much not actually in his favor. Maybe he's gotten a little more cautious lately, but it took actually dying to learn that, and that's a lesson most don't get to keep for themselves.]