...because I have to live with them regardless. [He glanced over his shoulder at her, smiling despite the current subject.]

Whether I'm happy or miserable, it won't change what happened. And going around miserable is sure as hell no way to live.

I can't change what I've done, so I won't waste my life on regrets and 'what if I did things differently'. I'm going to live for everyone I know that can't--Ferdiad and Connla especially. So I'm damn well going to make it a life worth living.