[He picks one of the chairs at the table, although he pulls it out so that when he sits, he can balance his elbows on his thighs and clasp his hands in front of him. He doesn't really look up at her for a long moment, and stays focused on a patch of floor when he does take a deep breath and just. Attempt to start telling the truth.]
After I was shot, [And now there's no turning back, even though he wishes he could come up with something else to say.] I was taken back to an American hospital, where they told me the bullet had partially severed my spinal chord, and I'd never walk again. [And he can still remember the desperation that had come along with the announcement, even though he'd known how unlikely it was for him to ever regain feeling after he'd realized what happened.]
It took a long time to recover and learn how to live my life again, [Months, really, full of severe depression and bruises and scrapes from slipping and just forgetting that he couldn't really feel anything below his waist anymore.] But I didn't want it to be permanent. The Admiral offered me a chance to change it, and I took it.
Erik and I arrived on the same day. I didn't know that he'd be here, and I hadn't seen him since... since you both left. [He's not judging, he'd told her she should go, because he knew asking them to stay would have made things worse for everyone.] We've been here ever since. One of the other wardens was able to fix the damage to my spine after I'd been here for about nine months, and I changed my deal to something else.
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After I was shot, [And now there's no turning back, even though he wishes he could come up with something else to say.] I was taken back to an American hospital, where they told me the bullet had partially severed my spinal chord, and I'd never walk again. [And he can still remember the desperation that had come along with the announcement, even though he'd known how unlikely it was for him to ever regain feeling after he'd realized what happened.]
It took a long time to recover and learn how to live my life again, [Months, really, full of severe depression and bruises and scrapes from slipping and just forgetting that he couldn't really feel anything below his waist anymore.] But I didn't want it to be permanent. The Admiral offered me a chance to change it, and I took it.
Erik and I arrived on the same day. I didn't know that he'd be here, and I hadn't seen him since... since you both left. [He's not judging, he'd told her she should go, because he knew asking them to stay would have made things worse for everyone.] We've been here ever since. One of the other wardens was able to fix the damage to my spine after I'd been here for about nine months, and I changed my deal to something else.