[ Jesse is quiet for a moment. ] Maybe being something like you were in 2010 isn't entirely a bad thing. [ She pauses, trying to find the best way to say what is on her mind. ] He had a sort of confidence--the other you. I mean, he wasn't sure on everything. But, once he decided something? I could tell he'd find a way to make it happen.

Maybe that's the part you need to find again. [ « The Dark Presence didn't take that from him. He just doesn't realize it. » ] Just like I had to relearn how to trust people; believe that some of them could be trusted.

Nothing is ever easy, Alan.

[ A finger raises and pokes him gently between the shoulder blades. ] You are here with me, aren't you?