[ She can't come up with an answer fast enough to stop an awkward pause from forming. All she can keep thinking, her shoulders hunched up in tension, is that she absolutely does not want to talk about this.

It's too late to stop thinking about it, though. And... Lightning...]

You've... kind of figured it out already, haven't you...?

That time I was attacked from behind... Who wants to talk about something like that? It was a scary time. [She shakes her head.] I just want to forget it happened!