"Yeah," she said, musing on that. "Except I think ... I mean, at first I was just ... telling myself not to hate them because that would be Wrong, and not really letting myself ... be okay with the idea of how angry I was, and that doesn't help, either. So I think I had to maybe be okay with hating them, first, and decide not to, not just ..."

She laughed, pressing her face into his chest with a light kiss. "I sound insane, don't I?"