"Yup." She confirmed to him, absorbed in a thought. "A girl like Astoria wouldn't like you if it weren't like that. Anyway, this phase of change could come in handy. You can choose to be yourself and not someone's child. You can go on with Astoria, if you want her, create a completely different life than the one you've known before. You could become better with her. I mean, she's already better than you."