"Because that's how you survive."

He doesn't know why he says it or where it's coming from. Maybe it's the distraction of thinking about Norfinbury and what it was like; the memories of his--

No, the memories of the other Flynn's time there.

Because they're not the same person and all of this didn't happen to him. It didn't. Which is why he helped so actively to destroy that other, weak, pathetic version of himself.

Because they're not the same.

Because he can't have them be the same.