'What I'm trying to say is, it doesn't matter whether or not it actually happened in some world that went on after you left it. It happened to you. The emotions were real. The events you experienced are written in your memories. As far as you're concerned, it's as real as any life you would have lived had you never been shot.'

She's trying to be gentle about this, but he's never done well with gentle. Gentle and direct, maybe?

It's a delicate balancing act.