He stares at her for a good half minute before he can muster a response to that.

It turns out to make more sense than he first thought.

"...no wonder you got along with them. The Reds and Blues." It...maybe it doesn't have to do with forgiveness. Just coming to terms with something, accepting that it was a shitty situation, and moving on instead of clinging to it unrelentingly? That was what had made them extraordinary, in some ways. They wouldn't dredge up years-long vendettas, not really. That wasn't their style.