Just because something is in the past doesn't mean you should just ignore it. You can't change what happened, you can't change how it hurt you, but... it's not bad, to not bury it in favor of looking towards the future. As long as you don't let those ghosts control you.

[She hates this. Her words don't feel right in her mouth. She's not stuttering, but it feels like she's stumbling, throwing out anything in hopes that it might stick. She doesn't feel like her attempts to help are working...

So she focuses on their hands, pressing their palms together before threading her fingers with Stelle's. She didn't think much about the magic of touch in this world at first, but... maybe this can help where her words couldn't.]