Her lips compress into a tight smile.

"You probably have," she says, quietly, and leans into the hug. "I mean it took all of this bullshit for me to tell anyone what happened."

And for Laura, and now for Colin. She can't know who else knows about Colin's experience, but until that first nightmare, neither she nor Laura had told a single soul. Any given person might be carrying this weight alone, telling no-one, never given cause to lay themselves bare.