Most of my past is a mess, and a whole lot of it is my fault.

[Matt informs her, offering a smile.] Our past doesn't have to define the road we're taking now.

[It shapes it, of course, but choices still matter. He needs to believe that after some of his own past mistakes.

He ducks his head once more.]

My dad never wanted me to fight. That's what he did for a living. A boxer, you know? He wanted me to make my way through life with my brain instead of my fists.