It wasn’t personal, it all had been just another thing that was taken from him. Practically another life, one whose memories were easier to suppress and allowed to fade away. There were other things he wished he could forget too, but those were not so easy to banish. Though Ben realizes what he said might be taken the wrong way. His face softening as he placed his hand on Ezra’s cheek.

“I’m glad you came,” he tells him. It was a gift that he never thought he could have. “But things have changed. I have changed.”