The relative experience of time undoubtedly affected that perception.

“Sounds like having a mirror next to you,” he says as he works to relate to the experience in terms that make sense for a physical being. Benjiro can only imagine how much worse it would have been to see himself being beaten at school in a reflective surface while it was happening than to be able to distance himself a little from it by closing his eyes.

For the moment, that’s all he’ll say, leaving it to Walter to continue or close the matter.