[The same can't be said for Donnie, who's still very much eyeing that hand still clutching said choker. If Accelerator did want to turn him inside out or something then the turtle can hardly blame him. That he doesn't, that he's willing to try talking about it has to count for something.

Donnie tries to gather his thoughts, even as he pulls his knees in and wraps his arms around them, like he's physically trying to pull himself together.]

It shouldn't have. But something still happened. I...don't think it was your device, not necessarily. It must've been on my end, somehow- no I don't know how, it's never happened before.

[He sucks in a breath, squeezing his eyes shut as he tries to remember what happened.]

...there was a brief light, like when I use my ninpo. I wasn't even trying, I just, as soon as I came into contact with your device, everything blacked out and all I was seeing was numbers. Formulas.