Because... [Molly rolls the syllables around on his tongue, buying time as he divides ideology from personal experience so it doesn't come out like some kind of ridiculous personal trauma- because it's not, but he doesn't want to explain what it is, and Ren caught him on the end of something bad that makes him seem haunted, and he can't do shit about that. Best to just not build on that assumption.]

Because I think people's pasts don't matter. They're here right now in the present. What they are currently doing matters more than anything. Taking all of that away from them so that they can live in the present is a lovely idea, in theory, but this isn't a choice. If Allura told me she wanted to get over her personal hang-ups from being royalty and that she'd always sort of wanted to sell herbs and medicinals, then I'd respect the hell out of her fucking off, and be one of her best customers. But she didn't choose this. None of them did. You have to want that, otherwise it's not worth anything.