I'm fine. [It's a lie, and he doesn't expect her to believe it, but it's more an indicator he doesn't want to talk about it than meant to be deceptive.]

Yes, essentially. I dislike hospitals and didn't want to go to one, so she brought me to her home instead. I didn't want to remember what had happened, but I didn't know why.

[It had been strange. Some part of him had been curious, just a little, but there had been the heavy sense of dread that warned him he wouldn't like what he found out. His new little life, quiet and peaceful with a home and a wife and being able to help people was all he'd needed and really wanted.]