Clearly fathers were big things in human societies and clearly, Dean's father meant a lot to him. She doesn't need him to go into any more detail if he doesn't want to. The emotion and significance connected to the jacket are obvious.

"I never had a father."

Well, technically she did once...but not for very long. Her mother would have eaten him soon after she'd indulged in the primitive act of making little mermaids.

"He was important to you. I will be careful."