[It's not the entire truth of what happened. He's omitted some details. But it's true enough for what he's willing to tell Vakama in the moment. It's enough to show Vakama how much he relates.]

Likewise.

[It's an experience he wouldn't wish on anyone, yet so many people here seem to have been through something at least a little similar.]

After something like that, I don't think it's possible to go back to who you were before it happened. At least, I sure couldn't.

[...]

She'd probably be disappointed if she saw what I ended up becoming. But at least after ten years I can finally say I'm trying to do more than simply exist.

You just gotta find that one thing that makes you want to keep going, if only for another day.