This new man, the one she doesn't know, the one she's known forever, he's good. He helps her. She told him what happened, she didn't even really know why. But it was better after that. When she told him about it she cried, but it wasn't like before. She felt ... stronger. She writes it down for him. He is a protector. He knows her somehow. He has scars too. The damaged draw the damaged.
Sometimes she's numb, and its good. She laughs sometimes, and that's good too. She'd almost forgotten what it felt like. Sometimes she cries, but sometimes she can't. Then she goes and hides, curled up in bed and dreams the dream again ... and remembers ...