"Anyway, we don't...need to talk about that," he said awkwardly. "It's not a fun story." He didn't mean to completely shut down her grasping at memories, but he wasn't prepared to see her reactions to figuring out what had been done.
For a moment, he hesitated before he blurted out, "Anyway, the doctors said you're healing really fast. You could come home soon. Isn't that great? I told Tommy earlier and he was just, like..flying."