[ She nods. There's nothing she disagrees with. She knows in her head all the fault can't lie with her, but her heart doesn't hold onto that concept as hard. ]

Thanks, Dave. [ She breathes out. It's not relief, but it is a sense of release, something akin to uplifting. All she needed was to hear someone say that she did her best with what she was given. ] At least being there is one of the things I'm good at? [ She laughs a little. ] If that's what it takes to help anyone, I'll be around as much as I'm needed.

[ It's the least she can do. ]