"Mah daddy was a great man, ya.  Great men plant trees under whose they will never sit.   And man, do I ever cast a lot of shade.   Must be why I never seen the great old bastard, ya man?"

Toby is as much a mystery to his fellow bayou brothers as Slab, if only because he refuses to come outright and say what he means, preferring couched commentary and back-handed insults in his banter.  Those who can pierce his cryptic veil of wordplay find out he's much more sensitive than he lets on...