He walked back to where Claudia was still holding her father.
But he was holding his father with both hands and unable to defend himself.
Many of Jack's actions make it clear that he holds his father in high regard.
"On the last night, he was holding my father when he died."
"I have always held your father in the highest regard."
It may be only a He you have created to make me believe you do hold my father.
The chair had once stood in the dining hall and might even have held his own father.
Within the tent, Noah held his father up so that the old man could breathe.
With any luck at all, that one also held his father.
Both young giants held their father in mortal dread, however.