[Their responses may not necessarily be the same, but there are some similarities, and Terra nods in reply, her hands coming to rest in her lap, still balancing her cup of tea.]

That's what I want, too. I know that what's done can't be undone, and there's no 'making up' for it. I want the future to be better.

[But she's repeating herself here; they've talked about this before, and that's not what plagues her now. She smiles again, wistful, as though what she has to confess saddens her greatly.]

I just wish... that even knowing all that, that I could stop feeling so afraid. Knowing that all of that is behind me... it doesn't plague me in my waking hours anymore, but sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be able to let go of it completely. Maybe with time. I guess... it hasn't really been that long, if I think about it.