I guess...the past is sort of like a crater, you know? The landscape's never going to look the same, and it's not something that you can just ignore, but...

[she trails off for a moment, sliding a plant towards her. this one was definitely a purchase - and a convenient way to make sure she was saying exactly what she wanted to here.]

If you stay in it forever, then that's all you're going to see.

[and that wasn't living. whatever troubles her heart has suffered since those awful thoughts started entering her mind, that's something Emily is certain of. the past couldn't be all-consuming.]