[She opens her mouth, ready to assure him she was doing no such thing, but in a way, she knows she is. She knows that she's made choices few would ever make, especially when it came to forgiving certain people in her life.

Instead, she manages a small smile, nodding along.]

I think that might be easier said than done. [Her half smile, lopsided yet genuine.] I can't control what people will do anymore than they can control me.

[Spoken like somebody whose misguided faith in others has seen her be taken advantage of many times.]

I choose to give people the benefit of the doubt, if they abuse that then... well, I guess it says more about them than it does about me.