"What happened to you?" asked the seemingly civilized man of the woman who was
struggling mightily to take each halting step. Yet she needed no reminder of how hard it was to move, or of how many years she had been in pain. She was under no
obligation to answer the moronic stranger, who in any event seemed to want no answer and quickly began prattling about his skiing accident, years ago, which he believed would be
fascinating to a woman with a permanent handicap, but, please... don't ask.