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New identity, but the same inside.

It's what's on the inside that counts.

Yes, I know.

But sometimes people only see what you were, and not who you are now.

Like a certain brother of mine.

Can you blame him, though?

No. I don't blame him.

Our history has a way of catching up with us, whether we like it or not.

Yes. Well... mine tends to hover.

Hovering history? That's one I haven't heard before.

I would compare it to the sword of Damocles.

How so?

Always dangling over me, threatening to fall and destroy things.

That's why you keep people around who won't let the destruction happen.

Like you.

I wouldn't let that happen.

I know.

Good.

People don't realize it's possible to change.

Maybe for some, it isn't.

Maybe some can't, but you already have.

Do you think they'll ever see that?

Someday. We'll make them.

Right. It's only a matter of time.

And in the meantime, I know.

That definitely helps.

I just....You're not alone.

..I know, Elle.

Good.