He looked at her after a moment and his eyes softened.
"Don't feel too bad about it," he said after a moment. "What you did was nothing compared to what they would have done to you or me if given half the chance."
He understood that Laura hadn't been through the same things as he had, though, and as a doctor she was trained to help not hurt. "It was a fucking brilliant move as far as I'm concerned. You saved my ass."