[Something about that statement catches Blake by surprises, unfinished as it is, and her eyes widen for a brief moment before she shakes her head, leaning so that her shoulder presses against Kaede's once more.]
You can't define yourself by your past actions.
[Time to see if she can live up to what Sun had spent all those months trying to teach her. It's hard to leave those mistakes behind, to be resolved to move forward instead of trying to make up for them— but once you start trying to atone, it can be a vicious cycle, where no outcome will ever be good enough.]
Believe me. I know a little something about other people getting hurt for my own mistakes. I thought that if I tried to do the right thing, to be different than who I was, it would be enough— but bad things still happen, Kaede, and taking the blame onto ourselves doesn't change that.
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You can't define yourself by your past actions.
[Time to see if she can live up to what Sun had spent all those months trying to teach her. It's hard to leave those mistakes behind, to be resolved to move forward instead of trying to make up for them— but once you start trying to atone, it can be a vicious cycle, where no outcome will ever be good enough.]
Believe me. I know a little something about other people getting hurt for my own mistakes. I thought that if I tried to do the right thing, to be different than who I was, it would be enough— but bad things still happen, Kaede, and taking the blame onto ourselves doesn't change that.