You cannot dwell on things that cannot be changed.

[Which is, perhaps, the hardest thing one can do. The past cannot and should not be forgotten, but you cannot let yourself be burdened by it.

You must accept it, accept what it made you, and find peace with that.]

You had no choice, but you did your duty to me. [And to everyone else. The world was all the better for the work of Dr. Angela Ziegler, one of the brightest doctors of her time-]

And I do not hate you for that. [Not anymore.] I couldn't. Without your work I would be dead and the Shimada...

[How strong would they have grown if they hadn't been torn down? He shudders to think of it.

They were merciless.]

Things worked out in the end. I forgive you, if you'll forgive me for how I treated you.