[That makes her smile, small but sure, surprised and touched. It's not something she's shared with anyone else, and being understood is...nice.]

It was still an awful thing, and it always will be, always will have been. And I can't speak for anyone but me. I'm not, like, glad it happened. But I'm okay, maybe better, for having come through it. And for what it's worth, just for me, I forgive you.