"My brother?" Ryan raised an eyebrow. "It wasn't just your eyes, Alisa. I mean, yeah, that was a part of it, but it was your past as well," he added. "Thieves Guild, Hellfire Club, all of that. In case anything were to...well. Home base needed to be protected." He paused. "Besides, it's not really as though you're going to be moving in here that you need to be so worried about Jacob's feelings that you changed your eye color for him. That's something you do for yourself, and not for anyone else. I mean, you're not even a blip on his social radar for you to have gone to those lengths. Especially since we're no longer together."

He stood up and walked over to the window, looking out at the view of the waterfront, and took in a very deep breath. "Alisa. If you want to change, you need to stop doing this - changing yourself constantly for those around you. It's unhealthy, and it's the wrong first step on your journey to improvement. Yeah, you look like a different person, but I'm starting to wonder if that was purely just a cosmetic change."

He breathed in deeply. "I'm not trying to be mean Alisa. Especially not after what you've been through. Having said that, though? You're never going to come into your own if you don't remain true to yourself. Things like this? It needs to stop. You're not doing anyone any favors, least of all yourself."