[ She waits for him to speak. Some of this, he's mentioned to her before in parts and it is all too clear how it yet haunts him still. ]

... I understand that fear quite well.

[ Differing though their circumstances might be the flavor of it all is still the same in the end. ]

That is to say... you are in this present, the time you have as yourself... even with the burden of such a future. He is not at my side right now. You have had... time here. Time to... strengthen this identity of yours now and to grow. Please... find a way to allow that to be the future you focus upon, instead... so you may become stronger to fight back against what hunts you. You are not alone in that.