He gives her a small smile, because it is a painful memory for him, but Kaldur also knows it made him stronger, more focused. But he appreciates the show of comfort. While they are not as close as she and Robin, or even as he remembers her being with Artemis, she is still a good friend. He squeezes her hand back gently, wanting to show her that he is all right.
"It was a simulation created by Martian Manhunter within our own minds," he explains. "It felt real because of that and made it all the easier for us forget that it was not." That is all he truly wants to explain on it, unless Zatanna asks for more information privately. He doesn't want to be rude and say that so instead he changes the subject. "Now I am certain there is something for more pleasant left to be told."
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"It was a simulation created by Martian Manhunter within our own minds," he explains. "It felt real because of that and made it all the easier for us forget that it was not." That is all he truly wants to explain on it, unless Zatanna asks for more information privately. He doesn't want to be rude and say that so instead he changes the subject. "Now I am certain there is something for more pleasant left to be told."