People have done so much worse to me than you have, he wants to say. But dismissing Ren's guilt won't make it go away.

"One day you're going to look up, in... South America, or wherever we end up together. And you'll know that we took down all the people who could hurt us, all the ones on your list. And maybe you won't forgive yourself, still, but you'll at least know that things are okay."

He rubs Ren's back, steady and certain. "Because we will get there, Ren. It's coming."