"Creepy like wot?" Steven asks quietly. Come on, he wants to know what happened... and he'll wait until Marc is ready to talk about it - he'll wait years if he has to - but he doesn't want Marc to just brush it off as if they can't address the problem or just don't care.

"Were you hurt, Marc?" And Steven's not just referring to physical harm here, but. Sometimes it's almost easier for him to talk about that than to talk about all the harm that's befallen him.

Surely it's better if Steven knows what they might potentially be up against, right?