I don't hold it against you, Shayera, don't think that.

I didn't think I was coming back, either.

I'm just... glad someone was good to you while I was gone, and couldn't be good to you myself.

You deserve to be as happy as you can possibly be. And I've been peeled so raw by the Hawk that... I'm just... a bit afraid that I might not be able to live up to how you remember me.

I'm one voice again... but it's changed me. I can't deny it. I feel... harder, inside. Maybe I'm just shellshocked, or traumatized or whatever, but...

Gods, I'm afraid I could drive you away again...