[ The notion that someone, anyone, should have known better at that age? It's ridiculously unfair. Kazu shakes his head a little, turning towards Val and pressing a kiss into his hair. ]

You were children, and none of you did anything wrong. I wouldn't even expect an adult to be able to accurately predict which decisions they might come to regret in a decade.

[ He nudges Val with his nose to try and get him to look up. ]

Don't be so harsh with your past self. The choices they made still got you here, so I can't complain about any of them.