"Hey, I brought them up - if it was too difficult to bear, I wouldn't have touched on it. I've had a long time to get used to different things that happened in my life," she reassured with a nod.

As he explained further, she watched the way his hands clenched around the cup. The way he seemed... torn.

"...Well. I think... repression is kind of our mind's way of trying to protect ourselves. That's what my old therapists back in the day told me," she started. Even if there was something supernatural involved, maybe...

"...But eventually we do have to face those things. And it hurts, so so badly, but that's the first step to learning how to heal from them. I say it's up to you when you want to genuinely try to take it on."