[She knows she made the right call, and her parents are alive and whole because of it...but she also knows that she left them behind and even if it's with their blessing she's still adjusting to that fact.]

Yeah. Wasn't an easy decision, though. I mean, going back yes, that...that was the right thing. It was important that I went back and I saved him. But I had to tell them the truth about everything. Not just where I'd been for almost a year but the truth about my work...

[Bryn takes a longer sip of the tea, glad to have that slight burn of alcohol on her tongue.]

And I had to tell them and face them when I told them that I'd be wishing with all my heart to come back here even though it meant leaving them forever.