Two plain wooden nesting figures, a larger peach-toned figure beside a smaller mahogany figure, on a peach background.

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Murtagh

A son doesn't choose his father.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker says a son has no say in who their father is. Parentage is handed down rather than chosen, so a child cannot fairly be held responsible for a father's identity or deeds; the line carries a note of resigned sympathy.

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