[Diarmuid nods, relief in his eyes. That is what he wanted to know. Is Reno falling back on those things because they really are a part of his core or is he doing them because he doesn't know what else to do and is afraid to try? One of those options implies thought and understanding of oneself while the other implies the opposite. This answer...this answer means Reno really has been thinking about the things they have talked about and is putting them to work. Even if he is still having trouble, it's not because he doesn't know himself. It's because he's moving forward and finding new challenges he has to face.]

That could be. Even if some of those things will always be a part of you, there are other parts of you that have grown beyond that. Your experiences are definitely changing you and making you into more than you were. If she isn't seeing that for whatever reason...

[He sighs and shakes his head sadly.]

When she came to me that day to ask about you, I told her that. I told her it seemed like she wasn't seeing what was really there--how you had changed. That really could be the problem. When one person changes and the other doesn't...growing apart is sometimes a natural consequence whether the people in question want it to be or not.