This place has teased me with the chance for things to have been different before. And for real - not just in my head. If I didn't take the opportunity then, accepting a pale substitute now would be idiotic. Not to mention pointless.

[With the resolve from that thought having firmly established which memories he chooses to keep hold of, the struggle in his head becomes...easier. Not easy by a long shot, and no more pleasant than before, but at least he's questioning less as he fights against the intrusion.]