[Joel has thought long and hard about how to approach this - there's no good way to do it, he knows that for goddamn sure. 'Sorry I tortured you and would've murdered you if my daughter hadn't shown up'. Yeah, that'd go down well.
But he has to say something, he owes the guy that much. Never let it be said that Joel shies away from doing unpleasant things.]
I don't know your name, but I did a terrible thing to you, and I owe you an explanation - and an apology. [His voice is downright brusque, today, businesslike and detached, very different from the low, terrible anger of a few days ago.]
Yao messed with my head the other day. They do that. They made me forget where I was, so I thought I was somewhere else. With bad people. Real bad people. [He thinks back to Colorado, and almost says evil, though that's not really a word he trucks with much.] I thought you were one of 'em. It's not an excuse, just an explanation. I'm sorry for what I did, for whatever that's worth, and I can promise it won't happen again.
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But he has to say something, he owes the guy that much. Never let it be said that Joel shies away from doing unpleasant things.]
I don't know your name, but I did a terrible thing to you, and I owe you an explanation - and an apology. [His voice is downright brusque, today, businesslike and detached, very different from the low, terrible anger of a few days ago.]
Yao messed with my head the other day. They do that. They made me forget where I was, so I thought I was somewhere else. With bad people. Real bad people. [He thinks back to Colorado, and almost says evil, though that's not really a word he trucks with much.] I thought you were one of 'em. It's not an excuse, just an explanation. I'm sorry for what I did, for whatever that's worth, and I can promise it won't happen again.