Holding the cup aloft in front of her, Inara nodded. "I know," she said softly. "For some, the City is a getaway. But others were brought here, it seems, to face their demons. For self-discovery, or a second chance. What you choose the second time around is up to you." She didn't say that she was among those in the second group, and that the second time around, she was making the same choices - or were they mistakes?
No, she thought, watching Dean, not mistakes. Never mistakes. Not when she had this chance to make a difference in someone's life, as small as it might be.
"Everything happens for a reason," she said thoughtfully. "Especially here."