[She lets out a breath that is not as steady as she would like. She has never seen him like this, but after seeing him so vacant in the weeks after his seizure, she is relieved. This, as painful as it must be for him, is still him. She would rather hold him than wonder, for having a hold on him at all makes her feel as though she cannot lose him. Not to anything.

While she doesn't truly understand, she can see why he would not be able to accept what had passed. Still, it seems he can't quite grasp her acceptance.]

So you cannot accept it. Then refuse to, and banish it. Refuse any thoughts that bring back those shadows, and remind yourself... or perhaps understand for the first time that those shadows can hold no power over you if you refuse them.

[Archie Kennedy is far more than the evils that plagued him as a midshipman, and Elizabeth Swann easily believes that she would be the first to swear it.]