Not so terrible.

[He feels the correction is necessary and then is silent for a long time.]

The plan I was told and the plan the k--leaders of the villages were told were different. Subtly, and it didn't even seem worth paying attention to, but then I remembered.

[And... he really doesn't want his entire life to have been a lie, but Minnie made him doubt and he can't argue that going home did that any good.]