I understand. I don't know if I can say I feel the same, but I understand.

[His feelings on where he came from are...difficult; one of the few things he can still bring himself to have many feelings about, nowadays. It's a good thing, he supposes, that something can still evoke that kind of response from him; he tries to avoid thinking too much about it.]

I... Some part of me feels it's best to leave all of that in the past. We can't go back to it; I'm not sure I would if I could. But I also feel like it's always going to be there, whether I want it to be or not.