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Provenance
Many people assumed that Gibbs’ bastardness and strength were things he learned in the Marines, but nothing could be further from the truth. The provenance of his bastardness and strength came from his childhood before he joined the marines.
His father taught him to stand up to bullies like Ed with his fist, but it was the stubborn bullheadedness that they shared that really gave him the strength of character. His father and him were always butting heads, which made for an unhappy home life, but gave him his strength of character to stand up for what he believed in.
