As of late, I too find myself suffering from a lapse in memory for which I am unable to account. [His lips press thin.] I am left to rely on hearsay to... 'fill in the blanks', as it were, and to have a sense of what has come to pass in the days following our meeting.

And from what I understand, 'an incident' is a rather gentle way of phrasing it... [His voice drops to a husky, conspiratorial purr as if distrusting the strength of the filter put in place] ...and what has been done to you.