1) There's a trope in detective stories, I guess, where young woman escapes murder attempt, then somehow ends up in same room w the guy who tried to murder her, who still wants to do it but for some reason can't immediately, so attempts to calm his prospective victim, & keep herhttps://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/984170924038639616 …
2) from fleeing or causing a stir, by convincing her he is there to protect her, which she knows a lie but plays along because to reveal that she knows he tried to murder her would result in immediate re-attempt.
And then there's story of Yulia #Skripal http://xymphora.blogspot.com/2018/04/duress.html …
