In a way, perhaps I am also trying to cheer myself up as well.

[ Venti was one of the nicer archons, never one to really defer to violence, so he knows how hard it must be on him. That's why he'll drag the other into a warm embrace, amber eyes looking down at him with some concern. ]

There is no sense in doing so. But we will do so regardless. It is not in our nature to act in such a manner. Dwelling upon it especially when we have hurt...the ones we care for, it is not so simple as just forgetting it.