"That doesn't mean the pain has to be there, that is has to be taken," Nida counters.

She would, for him, he fears. The pain and agony that came with the knowledge of all he'd repressed. All the pain he'd been hiding from all his life. For his own good. Would still be good for no one to have to handle that pain.

"Like it did with me for green. Still, doesn't mean I feel like that burden should be on people. It's a strain, to take the pain of others. And just because pain goes away doesn't mean the source of it is gone. Take away the pain from my ankle and I'll just make the injury worse."