[What she says it horrifying, but unfortunately not too surprising either. From what she'd described of her world, and from what he knows of her, this makes a very sad sort of sense.]
I'm sorry you had to go through that.
[Seeing what happened to Joel, and then whatever occurred beyond that. He won't mention the latter unless she wants to explain, and instead asks generally--]
What happened then?
[The question is more 'what did you do?' than anything else, but he doesn't want to put it that way; it's too accusatory, and he doesn't mean it like that. This just must tie in with what she said earlier, about it not being self-defense, and he'd rather let her explain than make guesses.]
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Date: 2021-03-04 03:42 am (UTC)I'm sorry you had to go through that.
[Seeing what happened to Joel, and then whatever occurred beyond that. He won't mention the latter unless she wants to explain, and instead asks generally--]
What happened then?
[The question is more 'what did you do?' than anything else, but he doesn't want to put it that way; it's too accusatory, and he doesn't mean it like that. This just must tie in with what she said earlier, about it not being self-defense, and he'd rather let her explain than make guesses.]