Tyler bit lightly at his upper lip. "It doesn't hurt physically," he began. "Maybe it doesn't make them bleed. But it hurts their mind, and their ... their emotions," he settled on, unsure she could grasp concepts like 'self-respect'. "What if I told you to do things? What if I ordered you to jump in the pool, at the deep end? Wouldn't you be scared? It might be like that for some people.
"People who want to be bossed around find people who can do that. But most people ... most people don't want anyone else taking away their choices and making them do things," he explained gently.
"Maybe it's different where you're from. Maybe it's normal. But where I'm from, if you did things like that, you'd definitely get in a lot of trouble."