"I am okay!" He whirled around on Louie, giving him a sharp glare. "It's in the past, and everything worked out fine! I've even met new people since then, who didn't want to steal me and sell me!"

Yeah, he knew there was no point in pretending anymore. Might as well do away with the lie entirely.

"It's just that all of a sudden, the nightmares are back, and they won't go away. But they will, so I just have to deal until then."