Kayla let him speak for a moment and then took a breath. "It's not leaving you, Dolemeck. You're pushing it away. These are decisions you are making. Bad things have happened to you, they've happened to all of us.

You can't change what's already happened, but you can learn from mistakes and move on." Kayla felt an irrational urge to smoke herself, probably something left over from Rose but maybe because it might relax her a little. There was a lot she wanted to say, but she didn't think a lot of it would help.

"It is a lonely, lonely world out there. Don't fuck up the best chance you have."