And if I may be blunt, you are the person he has hurt, and only a teenager besides.
I am a man who has lived with my guilt and regret for longer than your entire society has likely existed.
I do not expect you to understand why I have the perspective I do on this matter, but it will not change. So long as he seeks to follow the path he's been set upon, the better person that he has a chance to become, I will not disregard it.
A person who sees only the weight of the past cannot move forward into the future. And I will not have it said that I did not extend the opportunity to move forward when I seek it for myself.
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I am a man who has lived with my guilt and regret for longer than your entire society has likely existed.
I do not expect you to understand why I have the perspective I do on this matter, but it will not change. So long as he seeks to follow the path he's been set upon, the better person that he has a chance to become, I will not disregard it.
A person who sees only the weight of the past cannot move forward into the future. And I will not have it said that I did not extend the opportunity to move forward when I seek it for myself.