I felt my soul come back into my body at that moment.  Slab didn't come at me in a rage.  He didn't make assumptions.  He didn't pre-judge the situation.  I have seen all of that happen before.  I have been on the receiving end of ungodly rage from Senior Non-Coms - and knew I had not done anything wrong.  This was different.  It told me a lot more about who Slab is as a man, and I liked what I learned.