He hated that he had to tell a little girl this and shut down her heroic behaviour but now that he was here he had to tell her. Repeating his words again he paused after every word to drive it in even more.
"You. Would. Have. Died. Don't argue with me, you're lying to yourself if you think otherwise. This man is easily two hundred pounds and you're barely over a hundred, there was no chance as soon as your legs were off the floor."
She glared at him in defiance but he could see that she believed him. Her small body deflated a bit and she looked down to the floor while gripping her pants tightly in her hands. Giving her a couple minutes to collect her thoughts he stopped his speech. It was until she looked back up with red eyes did he get the nod to continue.
