Getting character development via some mooks is pretty common, but still, this chap had it a contrived overdrive.
Trying to shakedown an artisan to accept a job, for "making a pointless pretty trinket", and then the design of those two at the last page....Seriously?
Also, I feel like the TL in this one came off very wonky. "Hit it"?
And the dad's memory-speech is weird. I assume it was meant to sound "southern-like" without understanding it was meant to sound like that, and the MTL just pooted out w/e.