“But you are not being asked to prove your humanity from the beginning.”

He explained that the recordings would be considered alongside the scene documentation, medical findings, emergency call, and statements from the people present.

Charges and court decisions would depend on that broader evidence.

The files mattered, but he would not pretend that a phone by itself could settle everything.

Then he asked whether Garrett had ever tried to tell other people I was mentally unwell.

I remembered the night he had taken my car keys after an argument and told me I was too upset to drive.