"I'd probably feel worse for them if I hadn't had to witness my own murdering someone just because he got in her way." Not to mention the torture her Mirror had visited on people she cared about, people who were beyond important to her-- but she doesn't want to revisit that now. It's colored her view of all Mirrors, she'll admit, but even she has to concede that there have to be some who aren't so bad.

Torture, of course, is one of those things she's always thought of as unforgivable, and hearing it in conjunction with something Simon had done makes her shift uncomfortably, but she sticks to her guns. Sam isn't telling her anything Simon hasn't already told her himself, in so many words.

"He made a bad choice. I'm not gonna argue that. But he thought everyone was already dead when he made it. He should have known better, he should have made a different choice, but if the tables had been turned, what would you have done? Alone and scared and thinking everyone you gave a damn about was already gone?" It had been stupid, maybe, and Jo's not even sure she'd have done the same thing if she had been in Simon's shoes, but she can understand it. Getting people hurt had never been his intention.

"I'm not even telling you to forgive and forget. But talk to him. Let him explain and apologize while he's not in hysterics." The anchor event hadn't exactly been the best timing for that particular revelation, she'd reasoned. "I can't be the only friend he has."

Especially if she doesn't make it back to the other side, which she realizes is a very, very real possibility.