Well done, Cailian. Introspection about a brief, traumatic event in a faraway, unnamed place which happened to you, a stranger, yet written in a way relatable to so many of us.

Of many profound musings, the one above was to me your best. Older people have had more years to be stung by misfortune than the young, the pain of which directs their preferences in ways less experienced people are arrogant to belittle.