John is very quiet as he considers how to put this, because he doesn't want to violate anyone's privacy, violate any promises that he's made.
[ How we survived. ]
Is there anything else to say beyond that? No. And he isn't trying to make a point about it, that it's not just Arthur's experience but his own. He isn't. Not in the sense of having the right to make this decision without him.
Only in the sense that he knows exactly what he's asking, how horrific it was, that it had cost him as well, would cost him to talk about it. That there is a damn good reason even if he can't say it out loud.
He'd considered asking Natalie first, but he- Natalie is the inmate in this equation. Asking her to be vulnerable first isn't fair.
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[ How we survived. ]
Is there anything else to say beyond that? No. And he isn't trying to make a point about it, that it's not just Arthur's experience but his own. He isn't. Not in the sense of having the right to make this decision without him.
Only in the sense that he knows exactly what he's asking, how horrific it was, that it had cost him as well, would cost him to talk about it. That there is a damn good reason even if he can't say it out loud.
He'd considered asking Natalie first, but he- Natalie is the inmate in this equation. Asking her to be vulnerable first isn't fair.