Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20200102024620/@comment-5543592-20200124005335

Tanner wasn't sure how to immediately respond, both caught of guard and moved by Kayleigh's candor.

"I'm not that same boy either," Tanner said. "That kid couldn't have imagined the person he'd turn into.  I don't think it's right to mourn the person you were.  I've done that so many times--agonized over the decisions I've made, all my regrets.  So much self-pity.  But it's not worth anything.  We can only, you know, try to move our life in the direction we want to see it go."