"Attacked?" Lev cocks their head to one side. "By whom? Ah, like, I mean—" they cough, awkwardly. "Apologies if 'tis a sensitive subject. But I'd assumed the others here all arrived as I did. Not, uh. Not violently. Merely ... mundanely tragic."
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"Attacked?" Lev cocks their head to one side. "By whom? Ah, like, I mean—" they cough, awkwardly. "Apologies if 'tis a sensitive subject. But I'd assumed the others here all arrived as I did. Not, uh. Not violently. Merely ... mundanely tragic."