It seemed implied by:

> Then I realized I could even skip that.

It would make sense that you weren’t injuring yourself prior to realizing this.

Again, implied. But agreed, you didn’t say it.

They are only making bad assumptions if they said this.

Any chance one gets to regain freedom, by any method, take it.

In this situation proving someone is lying would be news worthy. You will win in this situation if you stand your ground.

Fair! I was going to go back and edit, but my comment was more for other people who read your comment thinking it was a good idea for them to do (assuming they can raise their hands over their heads).