Sometimes, working toward atonement can be enough on its own.

[He doesn't know what to tell you about those that won't forgive you. He just knows he isn't one of them. Well, provided you don't go on a killing spree here.]

Faith.

[He feels odd about that word.] Would it be alright if I chose to rely on facts, unless proven otherwise?

Such as what you've brought up. Perhaps the simple act of us arriving from different times is what destroys them to begin with.

[He's so optimistic, can't you tell?]