[ Drake picks up his fork, shrugging again. It's not something that actively bothers him anymore, that he has nightmares about or that haunts him when he sees other families. It's just a thing that happened now, that he survived and grew from. ]

People shouldn't do a lot of the things that they do to each other. But you can't control anyone except yourself. I had to step back and say it's not okay, but it's not going to define me. What does define me is how I deal with it now, how I move forward.

[ He glances back up at Ephemera. ]

Anybody can manage it. Promise. You just have to want it enough.