[He takes the time to exhale a long, steadying breath before he answers.]
i can try to tell you what happened without the parts thatll trip you up emotionally itll be hard but i feel like if i dont youll think up something on your own anyway that might be even worse somehow??
it might help not to try to imagine it as something that happened to an actual person you know and more like not a story but a news report or something real dry and unreal like but only if youre sure you want to and it doesnt have to be right now
[Private]
i can try to tell you what happened without the parts thatll trip you up emotionally
itll be hard but
i feel like if i dont youll think up something on your own anyway that might be even worse somehow??
it might help not to try to imagine it as something that happened to an actual person you know and more like
not a story but a news report or something
real dry and unreal like
but only if youre sure you want to
and it doesnt have to be right now