[Colin looks at her a little more intently for a moment, and he grins slightly.]

Blackmail? Or the law holding something over your head? Which is just another kind of blackmail.

Either way. If you never listen to anything else I say... listen to this. No matter what happens. No matter who holds what over your head. If you're staring down the barrel of a gun and you can see the bullet... You still have the ability to choose for yourself.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to control you. Anyone who tells you otherwise wants you to feel you can't choose any way but their way.

I'm not saying you had a good choice... I'm not even saying you chose wrong. You did what you thought you had to do to reach your goal. Just... remember. You can ALWAYS choose. And more importantly, you can choose something that isn't presented to you. The universe is shaped by people who make their own path.

[He shuts his eyes and his grin changes to a smile.]

You've got a whole new set of choices now. Yeah, it's different. But everything's different. It's just what you make of it.