"Unless they didn't." Charlie managed the danishes, tilting his head for her to handle the drinks. "Perhaps you needed to be in those places. Perhaps what you consider poor attempts were exactly what you needed to do at the time."
He led her to a table, setting each danish down in front of a seat as well as setting his bags down. He held up a finger to excuse himself to get whatever they might need to enjoy their repast. He returned, settling down.
"So, you believe in karma? Action, reaction?" It wasn't exactly science that he was getting at, just the usual cause and effect that was karma.