"Yeah, I'm fine," he answers, trying to think of how to say it. He doesn't want to worry her too much about the attack, but neither does he want her to think he's likely to get panic attacks all over the place, since that would surely worry her more.
"He got really mad when I went to leave, and I think the chain of his handcuffs broke, so he managed to shove me. And he threw water in my face, and I guess it triggered some sort of flashback in me."
He tries to say it as conversationally as possible, to reassure her that he is in fact fine now. "They checked me over afterwards, and I'm fine."
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Date: 2021-07-13 02:16 am (UTC)"He got really mad when I went to leave, and I think the chain of his handcuffs broke, so he managed to shove me. And he threw water in my face, and I guess it triggered some sort of flashback in me."
He tries to say it as conversationally as possible, to reassure her that he is in fact fine now. "They checked me over afterwards, and I'm fine."