[Cassel knows that look. In this moment Chris looks exactly like Lila. It makes his eyes widen, confused.]
[But he doesn't want Zane hurt. If this is anybody's fault it's his.]
I told him to hurt me because otherwise he'd hurt himself.
[This is one of those things he won't tell anybody else. Realistically he knows it's a betrayal of trust, but Chris needs to understand. Cassel owes him that.]
It hurts but I'm okay. He wasn't going to kill me. [Probably?]
spam; cw: self-injury
[But he doesn't want Zane hurt. If this is anybody's fault it's his.]
I told him to hurt me because otherwise he'd hurt himself.
[This is one of those things he won't tell anybody else. Realistically he knows it's a betrayal of trust, but Chris needs to understand. Cassel owes him that.]
It hurts but I'm okay. He wasn't going to kill me. [Probably?]