[ If he feels any offense at being treated like a child, he doesn't say, opting instead to cling to her -- because something happened, that much he knows, and flashes of emotions and feelings keep floating to the surface unbidden.
Panic threatens to bubble over (because there's a blank spot where the past few minutes should be, and his hands keep clenching into fists, and there's this residual urge to rip something--) but Maya's presence is reassuring, and her touch grounds him, keeps hysteria at bay.
After a while, he manages to calm down enough to ask, ] What happened?
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Panic threatens to bubble over (because there's a blank spot where the past few minutes should be, and his hands keep clenching into fists, and there's this residual urge to rip something--) but Maya's presence is reassuring, and her touch grounds him, keeps hysteria at bay.
After a while, he manages to calm down enough to ask, ] What happened?