[ blake lets out a soft hum at the kiss, leaning more into their embrace. at the question, though... she seems to consider it, before nodding. ]

... I thought he changed, [ she says that, slowly. carefully. ] but I... I was wrong about a lot of things, back then. Even after I left, I didn't see how bad it... [ she stops, taking a breath. ] He was never who I thought he was, was he?

[ it's... mostly rhetorical. less actually asking yang—because she knows less than blake does, even if she knows enough—and more seeking validation. ]