Maybe not beyond a shadow of a doubt.
But it isn't doing anything to minimize the collateral damage, is it.

[ it isn't really a question so much as a statement of fact. she gets it. hayley understands the scraping, clawing need for certainty and absolutes, but those aren't coming. not any time soon.

hayley lowers her guard, and with it, her voice quiets. low but no less sturdy.]

It's my problem because I want it to be.