Daniel nodded slowly and was quiet for a few more minutes before speaking again.

"The doctor was right... I was tortured. They beat me, burned me with cigarettes... they even used a car battery and cables to try and make me talk and tell them what they wanted to know. When none of those things worked, they began to withhold food and water both. Then it was sleep deprivation. The day you showed up, I knew they'd come back for me and, if I didn't cooperate, they'd finally just kill me..."