"You didn't have the advantage of outside perspective, in the original timeline. And you're not the only person who's been grappling with questions like that. We've all been exposed to a sea of what-ifs, and the more we all dive into one another's memories, the more of that we're going to be up against. Chances to see what else might have been."

It's speaking down at the paper, more than at her.

"I don't think it's a bad thing, inherently, to be able to see the other paths in life, the ones that weren't taken. But I think dwelling on them isn't going to be good for anyone. They're world-states that could not have been, if not for the alien presence shifting them."