[Lance stalls again briefly, making sure he has the right amount of mental distance to continue; it isn't too difficult if he doesn't go into many details, which he definitely doesn't plan to, and so after a moment he's ready to continue.]

I um, I was nervous because... Before I arrived in Hadriel, I was working on a case, and I um... I got into an altercation with a suspect.

[It's a vague way to put it, but that's a part of maintaining that distance he needs. The other part is that he's more watching the wall than her face, still.]

I woke up in Hadriel before I actually died, but a friend from home who arrived later confirmed that's what happened. But I mean, I knew, before she told me.

[That sense of intuition had been so strong it was unmistakable, no matter how much he'd told himself it was worth holding out some hope. When Brennan had told him what happened, it was closure rather than a shock.]

But um, that all happened in a parking garage, and so the whole 'empty echoing structure' thing kind of... Bothers me, I guess.