[ Slowly: ] I can't, but I've never been known to let anything go.

[ That's generally an agreed-upon consensus that it's also a large part of the problem that is Sébastien le Livre.

And never mind that he's a complete and utter hypocrite either, because sometimes it really is a 'do as I say, not as I do' situation. He just doesn't want Andy to feel like she needs to retreat from her family for something that was a dream or nightmare. ]

Your beating yourself up over it won't change it either. Our feelings about you haven't changed. You're still our boss, still family, and the Aerie wasn't real.

[ Even if the small little inked bird still remains burned into his skin, a contradiction to his words. ]