[GOPJ]

When you look the devil in the eye through a human he has co-opted and defuse or otherwise de-escalate the situation.

Either one of you is ready to jump and you don’t quite go there.

I offer a way out short of that, if I can, but don’t capitulate or we no longer control the prison. You only establish a feel for the line by having crossed it.

Soooo tagable - OK with you?

[One Name]

Sure, use it- I’m no hero, but by God’s grace I’ve been given strength in some tough situations.

I’f I’d had time to reflect before they occurred, I might well have locked up; I was conditioned to respond as if no one else was coming to that staff member’s rescue and their life depended on my rapid response ( with hope there were others behind me).