"You can't talk about that part of you like he's a separate person, though," she said suddenly. "You've done that several times now. You can't accept and grow from the decisions and actions he made and did if you think of him as someone else entirely. He's still you, he's still someone you were, even if you no longer want to be him. You have to say "I" no matter how painful it might be."

She rubbed her arm, cold at the moment.

"Would you go back to the world, if you were given the chance? Or... would you rather stay here? I mean, it would be as you want, rather than..." actually, she didn't know his thoughts on Santiago and Blanche, she couldn't offer him that yet.