"I know." It's quiet, small, and short. He's aware of his mistakes. Painfully so. And Schon is not the first to point them out, nor will he be the last. He didn't want to argue. Didn't want to fight. Walking away was a fight on it's own. A nonverbal one he couldn't lose, because she wasn't there to do anything about it.

He has to live with that choice. Waiting to face it hasn't exactly been doing him any good.

"You're incorrect about one thing, however. I'm happy that she's doing better. In general, I mean. My presence has nothing to do with that. She's safe and she's been able to face the demons lurking in her dreams."