"Why does everyone insist on using the worst possible descriptors?" Seriously, it was hardly a manhandle. It was barely even a grip!

He cannot possibly dodge the question without turning the conversation toward the first part of his talk with the captain. That doesn't mean he won't try, of course. "There wasn't a reason for it. I sat in front of him because I'm taller than him and it would be funny, he poked me in the neck, I grabbed his hand --" Ugh, "For a moment, and he... didn't react the way I would have expected."

There had been a lot less bone-breaking than he'd anticipated, for one thing.