It seems what they said was true...at least, in a sense. [He winces as he settles back against the wall, not actually moving away to walk towards her. The leg was bothering him enough that he didn't want to walk on it just yet.]

That "ride" they put me in. I wish they had chose something less...brutal. [It's not exactly that he's forgiven them, but he's too exhausted and relieved to be alive to be angry right now.]