Nicholas seemed pretty aware he couldn't ever make it right, but he would still try. "I won't try to contact her again," he said with a nod. "I just want to wake up some day in a long while, and not hate myself."
As far as things like that went, Patrick knew how it felt. "Nicholas, I may not have experience in this area, but I have done some unforgivable things." He hadn't raped anyone, but he had killed and he was hardly going to pretend like he hadn't. He had no delusions of innocence. "I know what it's like to wake up and feel like there's nothing good in you, but it's not true. It wasn't true for me and it's not true for you." With that, he smiled lightly at Clio, since she was the one helping him realise there was good in him.