He ran his finger around the rim of his sake cup as he spoke.
"You fall down as a child. Let's say from a tree. That's a moment that sticks with you forever and you may even have a scar from it. But it's up to you if you're going to be scared of falling again or if you're going to keep climbing trees. For me it's a lot like that. I've lived this other life and now it's my choice over whether or not I apply any of that to who I am now. You're doing that too honestly by saying that it isn't you in that other life. You're deciding not to apply it unlike me who is applying it."
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He ran his finger around the rim of his sake cup as he spoke.
"You fall down as a child. Let's say from a tree. That's a moment that sticks with you forever and you may even have a scar from it. But it's up to you if you're going to be scared of falling again or if you're going to keep climbing trees. For me it's a lot like that. I've lived this other life and now it's my choice over whether or not I apply any of that to who I am now. You're doing that too honestly by saying that it isn't you in that other life. You're deciding not to apply it unlike me who is applying it."