Honey. Listen. I didn't grow up with a lot, you know that. [Really that's putting it lightly.] So if I'm goin' to spend my money I want it to be on somethin' important, you know, and you're just about the most important thing to me.

[It's difficult to articulate. He never wanted to make money just to have money. He wanted the recognition, sure. The attention would have been nice. But ultimately what he really wanted was still just a screen door that wasn't broken. He wanted to be able to make the life of the family he always knew he wanted to have as good as he could possibly make it. And now that Marco is his family that still holds true. It's not a kid, a dog and a white picket fence but that doesn't make it any less the dream he had. Sometimes a family is a fish, a snake, and a couple of robots, and if the fish wants the most expensive ring their budget allows for who is the snake to say no?]

And I'd say the jewelry's plenty important. It's more than just somethin' to wear.

[There's a reason he still has his old wedding ring, hidden away somewhere safe. Even if he didn't have a penny to his name he wouldn't pawn it. It means too much. It's something near-sacred, and whatever rings he and Marco decide on he'll treat the same way.]