Anything can be changed, if you are willing to seek out the tools to do so. Hearts, minds, governments, social structures. Take your pick.

[ If he doesn't want to be touched, Yusuke can keep his limbs to himself, but he's too pushy and insistent of a person to just leave. Even if he's no longer wanted, too much of what he's seeing and hearing is too familiar to get up from that couch. A frustrated hand runs through his hair, as he thinks with a soft hum, trying to measure out his words carefully. ]

People like us repeat lines like that all the time. I am learning the hard way that it's nonsense. It is much easier to play the martyr than to allow yourself to trust people. I don't know what you went through back home, or your struggles here, but I am learning not to underestimate the people I care about here. You should do the same.