Neal makes a softly amused noise. "But I wouldn't be. Not there. Not if I got to start over."

He wants to believe that. He wants to believe he wouldn't stray back into theft and larceny if his slate was truly wiped clean. What would that even be like, the chance to be anyone he wanted? Who does he even want to be?

"What would you do differently? If you could pick whoever you were. What would you choose?"