I was — I was trying to stay out of sight. [ She's small enough, she thinks, it should have worked; she should have been able to escape any notice but she'd clearly either underestimated those soldiers or missed something obvious, and now she's paid for it. ] I didn't take a weapon because I wasn't planning to fight. I wanted to leave that to the others.

[ It's good, maybe, that he's angry, or masking his emotions with anger; it's frustrating her too and giving her something to focus on other than the pain for a moment and her eyes narrow. She may still be learning her Russian but she can make out one or two of those words there. ] In English, пожалуйста. If you mean to say something to me then you may as well say it now.