[...Mm. Really, she's just echoing his own words, but something about having it phrased in the form of a question makes it just that much more piercing.

He notices her tension, and he's mirroring it.]

...That's the ideal, isn't it? And if you can't do that, you should try to push yourself toward being a person you can accept, and who could forgive your past mistakes.

[You know. Not like he can do that for himself, but. That's the ideal, right? He never said he was ideal.]