Hearing her be so rational about it helps him keep control of himself. He takes a deep, deep breath and holds it for a moment before releasing it so. "You're right," he says. "What's happened is what's happened; all that any of us can do is move on from it."

He looks down at her, sidelong. "--But that doesn't mean what happened doesn't matter. You don't have to act like it never happened or that it's behind you now, just because it's in the past. We can't change the shape of the past, but that doesn't mean it doesn't shape who we are in the present."