[When Fern turns away, Stan frowns with concern. Then, he chances stepping forward and just...puts a grounding hand on Fern's shoulder.]

Well, yeah. When you do something bad you'd expect everyone to tell you how terrible you are all the time and make sure you never forget how crummy you are for it. And then when you spend half your life getting told that...

[Hm. That feels like admitting he knows a little too much about Fern's life that Fern didn't actually tell him. Reluctantly, he lets go.]

...All I'm saying is it'd confuse anybody in your shoes. Hell, even I still wonder now and then why some people I've done awful stuff to still like me!