What could you have done? You're barely out of high school. [For once, it's not dismissive. Just remembering a time when problems and mistakes were on a whole different scale.

Riku's phrasing takes a second to catch up to him as he looks down at his hand, turning it over and back again.] You've heard? So it's some other universe shit for you too, huh.

[Blake should be the wise one, here. The one with the answers.]

Hell. I don't know. Second chances are a damn nice idea, but there's shit you can't make up for.

That's why people get locked away.