Will get brainliest!!!Read the following excerpt in Water Never Hurt a Man: "He had gone back once, but his father reached for his belt saying, "Go on back. Water never hurt a man. It keeps his hide from cracking." What does this indirect characterization tell us about John's father? Question 2 options: (a) He is kind. (b)He is absent. (c)He is strict. (d)He has blonde hair.