english: And he also created a magical atmosphere of trust between us by confessing his secret, which was that, as a very young boy starting at age four, he had been savagely and repeatedly physically abused by his stepfather, and the abuse had gotten so bad that he had had to drop out of school in eighth grade, even though he was very smart, and he'd spent almost 20 years rebuilding his life.
non_english: On je takođe stvorio magičnu atmosferu poverenja među nama poveravajući mi svoju tajnu da ga je kao dečaka, od njegove četvrte godine, zverski i neprestano fizički zlostavljo njegov očuh i da je to zlostavljanje postalo toliko loše da je morao da napusti školu u osmom razredu iako je bio veoma pametan i skoro 20 godina proveo je gradeći svoj život iznova.