Oh, I am very aware. [Hasn't he already confessed his own failing in a way? He would never forgive himself for Calvert, he would carry those regrets always—and even if he knows in his head that what he'd done was necessary and right, the heart will always wonder.]

What I'm telling you now are the lessons I was taught, when I was trained to be a Time Master. [Some for good, some decidedly not. Yet Rip cannot deny that in the end, that schooling has made him so much of the man he is.] Experience is the only thing that can show you whether it's possible to take them to heart or not—if you choose to try.